User`s guide

E-Prime User’s Guide
Glossary
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Term Definition
Structure view A hierarchial representation of the experiment events and structure.
sub-objects An object which is part of another object (e.g., a SlideText object exists only on
a Slide object).
Summation object Summation objects are used to collect a series of observations, and perform
calculations on the collection.
target file File into which data files will be merged.
termination Condition upon which the processing of an object ends (e.g., duration expires,
input is received, etc.).
text data file Any data file (e.g., E-Prime, Mel Professional, PsyScope, etc.) saved in tab-
delimited text format.
TextDisplay object Object used for displaying text stimuli.
Toolbox Framed window in E-Studio that displays the icons of all currently registered E-
Objects (e.g., Procedure, TextDisplay, etc.).
unaltered data file A data file which has not been modified.
Undo (E-DataAid) The Undo command reverses the last operation performed on an E-Prime data
file.
Undo (E-Merge) The Undo command reverses the last merge operation performed. E-Merge
supports only one level of Undo.
Unmerged A data file which has not been merged into another data file.
Unreferenced Objects not explicitly called by a Procedure object (i.e., unused objects, or
objects launched only via script).
User E-DataAid permits the opening of files as a User via the Open command in the
File menu. A User is subject to the security restrictions set on a specific file by
the Administrator.
variables Variables are distinguished from attributes in that they are not related to the
Context object, they are defined within a particular scope. That is, variables
temporarily hold or pass information, and are not seen by the program outside
of the procedure in which they are defined. Variables are not logged in the data
file.
vertical blank The start of a refresh cycle is referred to as the vertical blank event, the time
that the electronic gun on the monitor moves from the bottom of the display to
the top to restart the refresh.
Wait object Object used to delay processing of the experiment script for a designated
duration.
Weight Number of repetitions for an exemplar within a list.