Acquisition of instrumentation for computer-based behavioralstudies

这项建议是一项设备赠款， 加州大学洛杉矶分校多用户计算机中心的计算机硬件- 行为研究（CCBS）。 的软件功能 CCBS功能目前受到操作系统的限制 与PDP 11/84小型计算机相关， 设施。 需要购买新的计算机硬件， 一个基于UNIX的系统，这将增加容量， CCBS作为多用途设施的灵活性。 基本社会 新体制支持的科研项目 包括一个关于小组交流研究方案 网络和信息交换;计算机控制的 评估对气候变化的看法的因素调查， 环境政策;以及一项计算机辅助电话调查 对少数民族的共同看法。

This proposal is for an equipment grant to replace and upgrade the computer hardware of UCLA's multi-user Center for Computer- based Behavioral Studies (CCBS). The software capabilities of the CCBS facility are currently limited by the operating system associated with the PDP 11/84 minicomputer that services the facility. Purchase of new computer hardware is needed to convert to a UNIX-based system that will increase the capacity and flexibility of CCBS as a multi-purpose facility. Basic social science research projects to be supported by the new system include a program of research on small-group communication networks and information exchange; a computer-controlled factorial survey assessing perceptions of climate change and environmental policies; and a computer-assisted telephone survey of mutual perceptions of ethnic minorities.