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Four general types of mistakes are presented that are commonly made in choosing, purchasing, and setting up a laboratory computer. These are: avoiding advice, building your own hardware, buying from a fly-by-night manufacturer, and being ignorant of your machine.
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Apologies ate due for violating the normal serious and scholarly tone of this journal. While this paper is deliberately written in a humorous style, the waste of research resources resulting from the described mistakes is no joke. It is hoped that readers will enjoy this paper, but will take these matters seriously. Work on this paper was supported in part by the Personnel and Training Research Programs, Office of Naval Research, under Contract N00014-78-C-O509, Contract Authority Identification Number NR 157423.
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Kieras, D.E. Effective ways to dispose of unwanted time and money with a laboratory computer. Behavior Research Methods & Instrumentation 13, 145–148 (1981). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03207924
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03207924