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This paper describes how funds from an NSF Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement grant allowed development of a computer lab with a local area network (LAN) for undergraduate research in psychology. The lab has been used mainly in conjunction with an applications of research methods course, but expanded use is expected because of the connection of the LAN to a mainframe computer’s LAN, the proposed installation of PSYCLIT on the LAN, and the proposed connection of the LAN to faculty offices. The main experimental software packages used are MEL Lab and Micro Experimental Laboratory (MEL); both are critical to the lab’s operation. Funds for maintenance of the lab will be obtained by charging applications course students a lab fee.
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This work was supported in part by NSF Grant USE-9051323 and by grants from Central Michigan University. I thank my co-investigators-Hajime Otani, Robert Sinclair, Lynda King, and Gary Dunbar-for their help in preparing the grant application and in setting policies for the implementation of the grant. I also thank the computer lab graduate assistants, Howard Whiteman (now at Purdue), Mark Stimson, and Paul St. Louis, as well as Hajime Otani, for their work in developing the lab.
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Monahan, J.S. A computer lab for undergraduate psychological research. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers 25, 295–297 (1993). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03204512
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03204512