E-prime: A researcher’s perspective Dr Anna Law

Visual search study

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Gaze-cueing study

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Strengths of E-prime You don’t have to know a programming language to set up simple experiments! You don’t have to know a programming language to set up simple experiments! BUT you can access code if you want BUT you can access code if you want –E-prime can be used at different levels Quite intuitive to use Quite intuitive to use –Drag and drop objects Help is available! Help is available! –User’s guides and tutorials –Web forum Timing audit in output file Timing audit in output file

Limitations of E-prime Can’t have 2 experiments open – difficult to copy from one script to another Can’t have 2 experiments open – difficult to copy from one script to another Some aspects of useability could be improved Some aspects of useability could be improved –e.g., getting into properties of slides, scrolling along procedure line

But overall…. I think it is a useful program and I wouldn’t be without it! I think it is a useful program and I wouldn’t be without it! Questions/comments? Questions/comments?