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Basic Operations

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This chapter gives an overview of MATLAB and compares MATLAB with a scientific calculator. The chapter gives also an overview of basic arithmetic operations and functions as well as a short introduction to matrices and matrix manipulation.

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    This is not the case of adaptive psychophysical procedures in which the stimuli presented are selected trial by trial as a function of the subject’s response.

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  • Some of the concepts illustrated in this chapter can be found, in an extended way, in the following books:

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Borgo, M., Soranzo, A., Grassi, M. (2012). Basic Operations. In: MATLAB for Psychologists. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-2197-9_1

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