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Eye Lines is an experiment generator that differs markedly from the tachistoscope paradigm. Instead of recording reaction times and simple choices, it allows subjects to manipulate images and takes precise measurements of the results. This is useful for experiments in perception, rating scales, or any research needing analog input. A new version further refines a user interface designed to make the programs accessible to beginning students. The interface strategy includes the following: (1) the use of familiar structures, (2) the avoidance of rigid sequences, (3) a new graphic representation for the complexities of reconfiguring data, and (4) the use of context-sensitive defaults and concealment of advanced features. Eye Lines has been used to move beginning students quickly into designing and running their own experiments.
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Beagley, W.K. Eye Lines: Generating data through image manipulation, issues in interface design, and the teaching of experimental thinking. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers 25, 333–336 (1993). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03204521
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