User`s guide

E-Prime User’s Guide
Chapter 2: Using E-Studio
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section 2.12.1 and the following section for definitions of licenses, permissible actions according
to the type of license, and files used by each type of license.
2.13.2.1 Licenses
The full E-Prime license permits use of each of the applications available within the E-Prime suite
of applications. The full license permits the development of new experiments (E-Studio),
collection of data (E-Run), merging of data files (E-Merge), and data editing and export (E-
DataAid).
The full license includes installation options to permit the installation of the full system, installation
of only the run-time components for data collection, and a custom installation option to install only
a portion of the full system. E-Prime must be installed in some manner on any machine on which
E-Prime is to be used. For development, the full installation is required. For data collection, only
the run-time installation is necessary. The custom installation is most useful for adding
components to a previous installation. Refer to Chapter 1 – Introduction for a complete
description of installation options.
2.13.2.2 Hints for distributing experiments
The following is a list of suggestions and considerations when sharing or distributing experiments:
Include clear and thorough instructions for running the experiment. Many times the
instructions for tasks or response keys are not indicated in the actual experiment instructions. To
facilitate the running of an experiment by someone other than the programmer, it is suggested
that thorough instructions concerning the task and the response keys be included as a display at
the beginning of the experiment.
Include design notes. It may not be obvious to the person receiving an experiment why certain
values were used, why certain procedures were created, or what certain variables were
recording. The Notes tab on each object is the ideal place for adding comments concerning the
parameters, variables, and organization of the experiment. If the recipient does not own a license
including E-Studio, access to the Notes is not possible. Therefore, a text file would be more
appropriate.
For demonstration purposes, include a shortened version of the experiment in addition to
the full version. It is often convenient for the person receiving an experiment from someone
else to be able to get a preview of the experiment and the data being collected. A shortened
version will allow the recipient to quickly view the task, and to collect a small data file for
examination rather than working through hundreds of trials.
Determine the type of license the recipient owns. Refer to Chapter 1 - Introduction
concerning the types of licenses and installation options available for E-Prime. Determining
which license the recipient owns will establish which files are necessary to run and modify an
experiment, or to examine data files.
2.13.3 Developing functional libraries
It is likely that many experiments and procedures will be used repeatedly. Therefore, it is
beneficial to develop a library of experiments or subroutines that may be modified, inserted, or
used as patterns for other experiments. When an experiment has been completed and tested, it
is suggested that a copy of the experiment be placed into the library. This copy serves as a
record of the experiment, a clean copy that may be retrieved if modifications are made to the
original file, or as the basis for a different version of the same experiment.