Instrumentation for a Computerized LAN Behavioral Social Science Experimental Lab

计算机化 LAN 行为社会科学实验实验室的仪器

• 批准号: 9978057
• 负责人: Rick Wilson
• 金额: $ 4.82万
• 依托单位: William Marsh Rice University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-08-01 至 2001-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9978057&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Instrumentation; Computerized; LAN; Behavioral; Social

With National Science Foundation support, Dr. Rick Wilson and his collaborators will head a consortium of social scientists at Rice University and construct a 30 station computerized experimental laboratory. Built around a Dell PowerEdge 6350 server, the laboratory will include 30 Dell OptiPlex GX1work stations with 17" Ultrascan Monitors. The proposed laboratory will serve the needs of faculty in the Political Science, Economics, Psychology Departments as well as the Business school. In addition the laboratory will provide the hardware to enable the social and behavioral sciences at Rice to coalesce around a common methodological approach. To date these disciplines have been separated by individual researchers controlling makeshift laboratories that are largely incompatible. The benefits to both research and student training will be significant. The topics to be investigated include: when is experimental data sufficient?; how do probabilistic beliefs form and how do these affect decision making?; how does social signaling affect game playing strategy?; what qualities characterize an effective leader?: how useful are methods employed by novices and experts to assess probability?; how does task feedback influence group and individual performance?; how do individuals search for information in the decision making process?; how do citizens perceive federal benefits and apportion credit for them? The laboratory will be supervised by a faculty committee which will allocate time. It will also function as a teaching tool and play in integral role in graduate education.

在美国国家科学基金会的支持下，里克·威尔逊博士和他的合作者将领导一个由莱斯大学社会科学家组成的联盟，并建立一个30个工作站的计算机化实验实验室。该实验室围绕戴尔PowerEdge 6350服务器构建，将包括30台戴尔OptiPlex gx1工作站和17英寸Ultrascan监视器。拟议中的实验室将满足政治科学、经济学、心理学系和商学院教员的需求。此外，该实验室将提供硬件，使莱斯大学的社会科学和行为科学能够围绕一个共同的方法方法进行整合。迄今为止，这些学科已经被个别研究人员分开，他们控制着基本上不相容的临时实验室。对研究和学生培训的好处将是显著的。要研究的主题包括：什么时候实验数据是充分的？概率信念是如何形成的，它们又是如何影响决策的？社交信号如何影响游戏策略？一个有效的领导者应该具备哪些品质？：新手和专家在评估概率时使用的方法有多有用？任务反馈如何影响群体和个人绩效？个人在决策过程中如何搜索信息？公民如何看待联邦福利并为之分配信用？实验室将由教师委员会监督，并分配时间。它还将作为一种教学工具，在研究生教育中发挥不可或缺的作用。