Features

Examples of General Features

• Define as many experimental conditions as you like.
• Flexible randomization features.
• Randomize items within a single group and the order in which groups of items are presented.
• Randomization routines at both the experiment level and within questionnaires.
• Simple and complex skip patterns. Base skips on any prior response, or even combinations of prior responses.
• Calculate scores and other variables while a session is running--present them on screen as stimuli, use them in skip patterns, or in post-session reports.
• Create and optionally print summary reports from each session with graphs, summary data, scale scores.
• Embed your own or third-party programs within an experiment or questionnaire.
• Create your own custom questionnaire items using standard HTML forms--MediaLab will intercept the posted data!
• Run DirectRT or Inquisit sessions from within your MediaLab experiment.
• Create multiple custom preference settings with choices of fonts and display colors.
• Context sensitive help such that pressing F1 at any time will help you with what you are currently doing.
• Option of on-the-fly editing of Word and WordPerfect documents—edit them as you run through your experiment.
• Resolution Independent. Compatible with screen displays from 640x480 to 1600x1200 and beyond.
• Easy-to-use intuitive interface--no programming code necessary for all but custom items.
• Compatible with most non-English fonts (e.g., Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, Greek).
• Customize all standard feedback messages and/or translate into alternate languages.
• Optionally run experiments from a CD-ROM or Server on LAN.
• Communicate with external equipment for trial synchronization (e.g., psychophys equipment).
• Receive input from external devices such reponse boxes and precision keyboards.
• Run sessions automatically from other programs and batch files.
• Scale responses with up to 12 closed ended responses.
• Multiple response (select all that apply) responses.
• Fill-in-the blank responses (free or restricted).
• Ranking allows subjects to drag and drop words, phrases or pictures to sort them by any criterion.
• Essay-type responses.
• Thought listings and recall listings.
• Have subjects rate their own thought-listing responses on any dimension.
• Easy text-based instructions for any question.
• Voice Responses with optional voice response times.
• Present HTML and other web pages with active hyperlinks. Internet Explorer browsing engine can display anything that IE can handle.
• Track browsing behavior as subjects navigate through local HTML files or the World Wide Web. Track every URL the subject follows and record in and out times.
• Present Microsoft Word and Microsoft PowerPoint shows within your experiment or questionnaires.
• Gather on-line continuous rating data during audio and video clips.
• Skip pattern capability when a particular closed ended response is given.
• Questionnaire items can be omitted in specified conditions.
• Easily modify and re-use your questionnaires in other experiments.
• Option of self-paced or time-limited responses.
• Allow subjects to return to previous questions if necessary.
• Embed subjects' responses in subsequent question wordings.
• Create multiple style configurations (e.g., colors and fonts) for use within the same experiment or questionnaire.
• Can't find what you need? Design your own custom items using HTML forms.
• Present graphics (.bmp, .jpg, and .gif).
• Present sound files (.wav, .mp3).
• Present video (.avi, .mpg, .mov, .rm, .ra, .asf and more).
• Present combinations of graphics, sound, video and questionnaire items.
• Present HTML, Flash, java, ASP and any other browser compatible files.
• Optional parameters allow you to set the screen location of images and movies as well as set the size of video clips all the way up to full screen.
• Writes data to an easy-to-analyze .CSV text file and SPSS .SAV file.
• Your choice of which variables and to write to the data file.
• Smart data structuring so results from multiple conditions can be viewed in a single Excel or SPSS file. You can start analyzing your results immediately.
• Two sets of data files are produced, one organized by questionnaires, the other by variable names.
• Includes a utility to merge .CSV and .TXT data files collected on different computers.
• Optionally write reaction time data for any response to the data file.
• Optionally write data from multiple computers to a single folder on your network.

 Examples of Flexible Questionnaire Design

Example of Multi-Media Capability

Examples of Data Features