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MATLAB as an educational tool
Updated January 28, 2020

MATLAB as an educational tool

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with MATLAB

It has been used as a learning tool to teach math concepts that cannot be computed by hand. It is initially taught and introduced and then students are expected to pick it up and learn on their own. It is useful and an easy to learn coding program and excellent visualization tool.
  • Numerical computing
  • Graphical modeling
  • Education tool
  • Better UI with Mac/IOs users
Have used Python, Java, and R as free open source tools, but because MATLAB is available for students to use it is recommended they use this over R. This tool seems to be simpler to use and there is a wide range of tool and help materials for new concepts.
I use it as a math tool for functions not done by hand, and a good way to view plots and data quickly. Also recently used as a tool to study next gen sequencing data from DNA sequencing results. The program can be made very simple to use, so that anyone without programing experience can use it.