UM-Rollaneural Network Using MATLAB Evaluation

UM-RollaNeural Network Using MATLAB Evaluation

Name ______Institution ______

How you answer the following questions will be used to help improve future resources.

PART A: Pick the best choice for each statement.

were beneficial and greatly aided me in understanding basic neural network concepts.

weresomewhat beneficial, but I would prefer simpler examples.

weresomewhat beneficial, but I would prefer more realistic examples.

werenot beneficialand were a poor use of class time.

werea valuable introduction to solving real world problems with NNs.

werea valuable introduction to NNs, but I need more understanding to effectively use them.

werenot adequate for solving realistic problems; extensive additional study would be needed.

no opinion

were excessively discussed and took too much time from other course activities.

were adequately introduced in the course lectures.

were not adequately introduced in the course lectures.

no opinion.

contributed to my understanding of course material.

did not contributed to my understanding of course material and the exercises should be deleted.

did not contributed to my understanding of course material and the exercises should be redefined.

no opinion

with some difficulty on the first run, but with greater ease on subsequent runs..

with great ease for all runs.

with substantial difficulty in general.

no opinion

PART B: Please use the following scale to respond to each of the statements in Part B:

Strongly Disagree 1 … 2 … 3 … 4 … 5 … 6 … 7 … 8 … 9 … 10 Strongly Agree

_____ 1.The length of the Neural Network lecturewas sufficient tounderstand the concepts.

_____ 2.The illustrations and examples in the NN lecture were effective.

_____ 3.I found the NN information to be difficult to understand.

_____ 4.I gained a qualitative/better understanding of the capabilities of neural networks from the lecture.

_____ 5.I gained a qualitative/better understanding of multi-layer feed-forward NNs from the lecture.

_____ 6.I believe that the neural networks lecture and laboratory were a valuable component of the course.

_____ 7.The IRIS flower classification problem was a good application to test training algorithms.

_____ 8.The assigned tasks for laboratory NN exercisetook excessive time.

_____ 9.The laboratory NN exercise contributed to my understanding of the NN lecture concepts.

_____ 10.I was able to implementsuccessful neural networks without great difficulty.

_____ 11.The GUI-based MATLAB user interface for the laboratory NN exercisewas easy to use.

_____ 12.I would prefer more lectures and laboratory assignments on neural networks in the course.

PART C: Open Ended Evaluation

What other information or changes would you want to see in the neural networks lecture?

What changes in the laboratory NN exercise would enhance your understanding of construction and training for neural network?