User`s guide

E-Prime User’s Guide
Glossary
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Term Definition
Administrator E-DataAid permits the opening of files as an Administrator via the Admin Open
command in the File menu. To open a file as an Administrator, the user must
know the password for the machine. Opening a file as an Ad
ministrator permits
access to the security restrictions for the opened file. An Administrator may
restrict the amount and type of edits permitted within the file, and may restrict
access to annotations.
altered data files Any EDAT or EMRG file that has been modified in any way.
Analysis files
(ANL)
Pre-created or saved analysis configurations to be loaded into E-DataAid.
annotations Annotations describe modifications made to, or processes performed on, an E-
Prime data file. E-DataAid’s annotation feature is like an electronic version of
the experimenter’s notebook, in which descriptions of any edits or processes
performed on a data file are automatically entered as separate annotations.
Annotations may be viewed using the Display Annotations command in the
View menu.
attribute Structure holding the individual values (i.e., levels) for the independent
variables and control variables used within the experiment. Attributes are
defined in the List object, or using the SetAttrib method in script.
Attributes window The Attributes window is a dockable window located on the right side of the
application window by default. It features a list of every attribute declared
within the experiment's List objects, regardless of the List in which it resides.
Batch Analyses Allows the user to run multiple pre-saved analyses in rapid succession without
individually loading and running each analysis file.
Batch Analysis Set of pre-defined analyses to be run as a group.
binning The grouping of the values within a specific variable according to a bin value
during an analysis. For example, reaction time may be binned into 100msec
groups. Only variables containing all integer data may be binned.
bracket notation Method used to pass information by referencing an attribute. The bracket
notation (i.e., [attribute]) alerts E-Run to resolve the value by referencing the
current sample in the running List object.
Browser View listing all defined E-Objects within the experiment specification.
caching The process of pre-loading stimuli into memory in order to reduce time required
by subsequent access to the same data.
Canvas object The Canvas object abstracts the programming interface to a particular
canvas/page/surface, and supports all of the drawing/graphics calls that are
available in the system.
checklist Type of filter allowing the user to check specific values for a variable to be
included in a filter.
colon syntax Method used to sample multiple items from a single list on a single trial.