How to expand
The Observer XT setup?
The base version of The Observer XT allows for study setup, coding scheme design, live coding, offline editing, general analysis, reliability & lag sequential analysis, and presentation of behavioral data.
Depending on your research needs, you can extend this basic system with the external data module. In addition, tools such as uASQ, uLog, or E-prime are also available.
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External data module
Unlock deeper insights by combining data from multiple sources. You can effortlessly import and analyze eye tracking, EEG, psychophysiological, and facial expression data alongside your behavioral data.
- Study the relation between behavior, physiological signals and other modalities.
- Get frame-accurate synchronization of physiological signals, observed events, screen capture, and video recordings of the subject.
- View and export external data fragments based on data selection.
Additional tools
uLog: user-system interaction
uLog automatically records user-system interactions, such as:
- Keystrokes, special keys (e.g. space bar), key combinations
- Characters, text strings
- Mouse clicks, double clicks, mouse wheel turns
- Windows activated, message box activated
- Applications started or ended
To avoid misuse, uLog shows an icon to inform the user that keyboard logging is active. Starting and stopping of event logging is automatically synchronized.
uASQ: the questionnaire tool
uASQ enhances The Observer XT® with direct feedback from your test participant during a live observation. It enables you to ask your test participant three different types of questions: open ended, multiple choice, and Likert Scale.
The Observer XT creates an event log with the test participant’s answers. Then you can easily select data for analysis. Both Likert Scale questions and multiple choice questions can be analyzed quickly.
- Combine video and event data with a participant survey
- Collect quantitative and qualitative data
- Analyze data quickly and easily in The Observer XT
E-Prime: Stimuli presentation
To present stimuli to your test participants, you can use E-Prime in combination with The Observer XT. E-Prime is the stimulus presentation program widely used in psychological research, for example to test the Stroop effect. Various types of text, images, videos, sound files, etc. can be presented in these experiments. You can also collect participants' responses, such as button presses.
E-Prime sends the collected data to The Observer XT immediately after the session. The collected data is then visualized as behaviors and modifiers in The Observer XT; including the time at which the stimulus was given, which stimulus it was, and how the participant responded to the stimulus.
Why should I use The Observer XT?
Discover the benefits of using the GOLD STANDARD for coding and analyzing behavior. It is cited as thé research tool in over 15,000 publications! Besides annotation of behavior from video, all types of data can be imported in The Observer XT.
What can I use The Observer XT for?
A very important part of studying human behavior is performing observations. Coding these behaviors makes analyzing them much easier. In settings such as a classroom, the playground, the home, the clinic, or the workplace, behaviors can be recorded and coded.
How do I set up my research?
Good and thorough preparations will provide you with better data and will save you time in the end. Select your hardware, decide on a license structure, get to know the software, design a coding scheme, and visualize and explore your data.
Learn more about The Observer XT
We have a wide variety of materials for you to watch and read: customer success stories, product videos, and white papers. You can use these resources to find out why customers have chosen The Observer XT for their lab and which research they conduct with it.
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