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- Title
Dismal: A spreadsheet for sequential data analysis and HCI experimentation.
- Authors
Ritter, Frank E.; Wood, Alexander B.
- Abstract
Dismal is a spreadsheet, that works within GNU Emacs, a widely available programmable editor. Dismal has three features of particular interest to those who study behavior (1) the ability to manipulate and align sequential data, (2) an open architecture that allows users to expand it to meet their particular needs, and (3) an instrumented and accessible interface for studies of human--computer inter action (HCI). Example uses of each of these capabilities are provided, including cognitive models that have had their sequential behavior aligned with subject's protocols, extensions useful for teaching and doing HCI design, and studies in which keystroke logs from the timing package in Dismal have been used.
- Subjects
ELECTRONIC spreadsheets; COMPUTER software; BEHAVIORAL research; COMPUTER architecture; HUMAN-computer interaction; COGNITION
- Publication
Behavior Research Methods, 2005, Vol 37, Issue 1, p71
- ISSN
1554-351X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3758/BF03206400