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Netcentric
Behavioral Lab Resources
The main lab space, Van Munching
Hall 3518, is equipped with eighteen
computer workstations. Each workstation
is surrounded by a 24" privacy screen,
and contains a desktop computer
connected to the Smith School network. A
set of headphones for audio stimuli, a
video camera, joysticks, and an external
mouse are available for each computer.
In addition to the Smith School's
standard software, each computer is
loaded with MediaLab software and
Microsoft's Visual Basic. MediaLab
software allows researchers to develop
and run electronic surveys and
experiments, collect reaction time data,
and record Internet clickstreams. The
software collects data centrally and
converts data files to SPSS and Excel
for analysis. Visual Basic is a flexible
language that allows researchers to
develop executable programs. The lab
computers also provide links to Sametime
and Quickplace, two Lotus applications
useful for studying virtual team
interactions. The main lab space also
provides a computer projector, a
projection screen, and two videocameras.
The four team rooms, Van Munching
Hall 2301A, 2301B, 2301E and 2301F, can
be used to study team interactions or to
develop MediaLab surveys and experiments
prior to running them in the main lab.
Each team room is furnished with a
computer workstation, a conference table
with four chairs, and a blackboard. In
addition to the Smith School's standard
software, each networked computer is
loaded with MediaLab software and
Microsoft's Visual Basic, and links are
provided to Sametime and Quickplace.
The new AudioVisual Lab, located
adjacent to the main lab space in 3518A,
provides researchers with
state-of-the-art eye-tracking equipment,
audio and video capabilities to record
team interactions, and a large display
screen to review and edit recorded data.
The AudioVisual Lab also
provides video cameras in both the front
and back of the room to allow
researchers to record the facial
expressions and nonverbal cues of
research participants. A shared network
drive, the T drive, has been created to
facilitate the loading of experimental
procedures and the collection of
experimental data in the behavioral lab.
Researchers using the behavioral lab may
request access to the T drive.
For offsite data collection,
behavioral researchers at the Robert H.
Smith School of Business have access to
sixteen laptop computers loaded with all
of the behavioral lab software and to
Perseus, an online survey software tool. |
