I've been using PsychMate for the past few years; mostly we do replications, but we've also been able to modify some of the stock programs to do some "original" research. (I wouldn't use it as research tool, though.) It costs $20 per student, and they get to use it for a year. Because students here pay a $25 lab fee for all lab courses, the cost is invisible to them. I can do that because over the years I've acquired enough copies of the manual that I check them out to the students -- it costs more if the students will require the manual, but before I had enough copies, I left the manuals there in the lab and students read about the research in the lab.
I don't know what the cost of a site license would be; you have to talk to them and explain what you want. I like it because it organizes the data for me (saving me tons of time) and I can scoop it into SPSS easily. It also shows a bunch of descriptives that are good to talk about with students (e.g., skewed RT distributions). I don't like it because the program that you use to generate experiments is incredibly creaky and hard to understand. m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor and Chair Department of Psychology College of Arts & Sciences Baker University -- ________________________________ From: Carol DeVolder [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2011 2:41 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Thank you and another lab question Thank you to everyone for your responses to my question about labs, you were all very helpful. My next question has to do with software. Some of you have said you use e-prime, Annette mentioned Coglab for in-class stuff, and some of you have mentioned Superlab. There may have been others, but I'm forgetting them right now. I intend to look at what each does and what the costs are, but before I start searching I thought I could throw the question out to Tipsters. Can you tell me what software you are using and what the cost of the package is (I know some will be site licenses for large numbers, others for smaller labs, etc.). I just need to come up with some idea so that I can try to find the money. Thanks again and thanks in advance. Carol -- Carol DeVolder, Ph.D. Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology St. Ambrose University 518 West Locust Street Davenport, Iowa 52803 563-333-6482 This e-mail might be confidential, so please don't share it. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e1&n=T&l=tips&o=9097 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-9097-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu<mailto:leave-9097-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> ________________________________ The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto ("e-mail") is sent by Baker University ("BU") and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=9100 or send a blank email to leave-9100-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
