User`s guide

E-Prime User’s Guide
Glossary
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Term Definition
Run Occurring during the execution of the E-Basic script file.
script Programming language code generated automatically by E-Studio based on
the Experiment Specification (ES) file, or user-written code which is entered as
part of the es file.
Script window The Script window features two tabs, User and Full. The Full tab displays the
entire script as generated based on the object placement and specification
within E-Studio. The User tab enables the user to add his/her own subroutines
or global variable declarations.
scripting object Scripting objects differ from E-Objects in that there is no graphical user
interface with which to set or determine properties. All properties and methods
for scripting objects are only accessible through user-written script in an InLine
object.
security levels The E-DataAid application offers a security feature allowing a user to set
security options when supplying a valid password. For example, in E-DataAid,
a user may set the security options to disallow edits to subject and session
number, or to disallow all edits. When a source file containing a variable with a
certain security level is merged into a target file containing the same variable
with a different security level, the variable in the target file will have the security
level that is the stricter of the two files upon completion of the merge operation.
selection The randomization method used to determine the sampling order from a List
(e.g., sequential, random, etc.).
Session A single execution of a program during which a single subject data file is
collected.
Session level
variables
All parameters enabled via the Startup Info tab are logged as session level
variables in data files. Their values do not vary during the session.
single session
data files
Single session files are E-Prime data files generated by the E-Run application
containing data for a single subject. They have the EDAT file extension.
Slide object Object used to present text, pictures, audio, or combinations thereof
simultaneously.
SlideImage Sub-object on a Slide object or Feedback Display object designed to insert a
picture.
SlideState object Objects used to enter and organize sub-objects for presentation or feedback.
SlideText Sub-object on a Slide object designed to insert text.
SoundOut object The SoundOut object is used to present pre-recorded digital audio sound in
WAV file format to the subject. It maintains and manages a buffer on a specific
sound device.
Source file A file, containing E-Prime data, to be merged into a target file.
spider down Command used to expand the branch selected in the Structure view, including
all sub-branches.
spreadsheet The spreadsheet is the main view in the E-DataAid application, and appears in
the center of the application display. The spreadsheet displays the data
included within the currently opened file in a grid format similar to Excel. The
columns in the spreadsheet represent the experiment variables, and the rows
represent the lowest log level in the experiment (e.g., Trials).
standard merge
operation
The Standard merge operation (default selection) is the process of selecting
source files from the File List view and merging them into a target file.