User`s guide

E-Prime User’s Guide
Glossary
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Term Definition
compile In E-Run, compile takes the generated EBS file from E-Studio and feeds it into
the E-Basic compiler. The process of compiling checks the syntax of the EBS
file contents to make sure that it is in an acceptable format to run.
conflicts Incompatibilities or inconsistencies between two data files, which can lead to
problems during a merge operation.
context menu Collection of related commands pertaining to a specific object. Access a
context menu by right clicking on an object.
Context object Encapsulates the data and routines involved in the overall experiment.
copy protection See hardware key
Cumulative mode Timing is maintained relative to a set of consecutive events. This mode
attempts to ensure that the inter-stimulus-interval remains accurate but allows
the duration of the event to be modified. Actual durations of individual events
are adjusted to maintain the cumulative duration of the set (i.e., the system will
attempt to keep the stimulus onset time of consecutive events accurate by
shortening each event's duration to consume any setup or error time
encountered).
Custom mode
timing
Timing is maintained by the user. This mode allows the user precise control
over the onset and offset of an event. Duration and PreRelease settings are
ignored in this mode and the lifetime of the event is totally controlled by the
CustomOnsetTime and CustomOffsetTime properties. The required use of
Custom Timing Mode is rare, and users are encouraged to first try to solve their
timing problems with either Cumulative or Event mode timing in combination
with adequate PreRelease values.
cycle A single, complete execution of the designated sampling set, and determines
when the exemplars should be returned to the List for continued sampling.
Design-time All activities related to experiment specification prior to generation.
E-Basic The scripting language underlying E-Prime.
EBS file E-Basic Script file resulting from the Generate command, and used to run the
experiment.
EDAT file E-Prime data file containing data collected using E-Run.
E-DataAid The E-Prime application allowing viewing and editing of data files.
E-Merge The E-Prime application allowing individual files to be merged into a file
containing more than a single session of data.
EMRG file E-Prime data file containing data for one or more sessions.
E-Objects Design-time building blocks of an experiment located in the Toolbox within E-
Studio. The registered E-Objects in the Toolbox are used to build an
experiment by dragging and dropping the icon on a valid target, and to define
the events of individual procedures.
E-Prime text file File containing data collected using E-Run, which has been exported to a tab-
delimited text file using the Export command in E-DataAid. This file is
converted to an EDAT file upon successful completion of a run, or may be
manually converted using E-Recovery.
ES file The E-Prime experiment specification file containing the objects and properties
defining the structure of the experiment.