User`s guide

E-Prime User’s Guide
Glossary
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Term Definition
E-Studio The experiment development application within E-Prime.
Event mode Timing that is maintained relative to an individual event. This mode attempts to
ensure that the duration of each event remains accurate but allows the inter-
stimulus-interval to vary (i.e., the actual event duration is the user-specified
Duration for that event and no adjustments to the event's duration will occur).
exemplar Single instance of stimulus/independent variable database (i.e., a row in a List
object).
Experiment object The Experiment object is created automatically for the user when a new
experiment specification file is opened. It appears only as the first object in the
Structure view, with the experiment name listed in parentheses, and is used to
set global properties of the experiment.
Export Writes the E-DataAid spreadsheet or table of means to a text file for import into
another application (e.g., Excel).
FeedbackDisplay
object
Object used to present feedback based on input collected by another object.
File List view View, in E-Merge, allowing selection of files to include during a merge
operation.
filter (E-DataAid) Restriction placed on the spreadsheet to limit the amount of data displayed or
exported.
filter (E-Merge) Restriction placed on the File List to limit the types of files displayed.
flush input buffer Clears pre-existing responses from the input buffer. May result in negative
RTs.
folder tree View, in E-Merge, displaying the available drives, folders, and sub-folders on
the machine.
generate Process by which experiment specifications are converted to script for
execution.
hardware devices Devices ( i.e., keyboard, mouse, SRBox, etc.) that are enabled and initialized
by the Devices tab for use in experiments.
hardware key The E-Prime development application (E-Studio) has a copy protection in the
form of a hardware key that connects to the computer’s parallel or USB port.
ImageDisplay
object
The ImageDisplay object is used to display pictures in BMP format.
Import
Read a MEL Professional data file saved as text, a PsyScope data file, or an
E-Prime data file saved as text into E-DataAid.
inheritance
(E-DataAid)
Inheritance allows any multi-level variable cell that has missing data to inherit
its data value from the cell in the same row for that variable's next highest level.
Inherited values are italicized in the Spreadsheet
InLine object Object used to enter user-written script in the experiment specification.
Label object The Label object is used to mark a position in a procedural timeline.
level (Context) Hierarchical level in the structure of the experiment. For example, a typical
experiment involves a Session level, Block level and Trial level.
level (List Object) A single line entry in a List object. See also exemplar.
List object Object organizing the data to be manipulated within the program (i.e., stimulus
values, independent variables, etc.).