User`s guide

E-Prime User’s Guide
Chapter 2: Using E-Studio
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2.3.3.4 Create the Procedure
The Procedure attribute specifies what procedure to run for the selected condition. In this case,
set it to TrialProc as shown in the figure below. After entering “TrialProc” in the Procedure
attribute column, E-Studio will indicate that TrialProc has not yet been created and will ask to
create TrialProc. Answer “yes” to this prompt. At the end of step 1.3, for the lexical decision task,
the List object should look like this:
In Stage 1, we will not modify the sampling settings, and will leave the List with the default
settings (one cycle of two samples with sequential selection). We will change this in Stage 3.
2.3.4 Perform Step 1.4: Specify the core experimental
procedure
Implementing the core experimental procedure involves specifying the trial events and setting the
fixed and varying properties of the trial objects.
2.3.4.1 Put the trial events on the TrialProc timeline and
rename the objects
Double click the TrialProc in the Structure view to open the trial procedure timeline in the
Workspace. To add displays to the Procedure, click an object from the display class (e.g.,
TextDisplay, ImageDisplay, SlideDisplay, SoundOut) and drag it to the TrialProc timeline. For our
lexical decision experiment, we need two TextDisplays for the Fixation and the Probe. To create