Computer use in the psychology laboratory: A survey

✍ Scribed by Donald I Tepas

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1974
• Weight: 414 KB
• Volume: 4
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0010-468X
• DOI: 10.1016/0010-468x(74)90008-7

✦ Synopsis

A survey was conducted to quantify computer use in psychology as well as to evaluate the need for specialized conferences in this area. The questionnaire was mailed to 402 probable computer users in psychology and allied sciences. A 60% response rate was achieved. Respondent access and use of mini computer, remote terminal, and large batch processing systems is presented and discussed in terms of equipment use, programming language use, and specialty area of primary application. The data indicate that the majority of the respondents most frequently use mini computer systems, despite the common availability of both terminal and large batch processing systems. Most respondents do some programming of their own, frequently using languages other than FORTRAN or BASIC for mini computer applications. Equipment, language and specialty area all vary with type of system.