Knowledge Base

Notes

• For mutually exclusive behaviors, it is always a good idea to define a default behavior that can be scored when the subject does not show any significant behaviors. Choose this behavior as Initially Active.
• Names of groups and Start-Stop behaviors are displayed in a gray row. Names of mutually exclusive behaviors are displayed in a white row under the corresponding group name.
• Behavior names and group names must be no more than 64 characters long. The characters you use must be Unicode characters in the Basic Multilingual Plane range. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plane_(Unicode)#Basic_Multilingual_Plane
• How many behaviors? You can define as many behaviors as you need. However, since the number of available keys is 36, we advise you to limit the number of arena-subject-behavior combinations to 36, so you can assign a keyboard key to a behavior of a specific subject in a specific arena. If you need to define more combinations, do so without assigning a key code. You can score those behaviors by clicking the corresponding button on the acquisition screen.
• When you need to score behaviors live, keep the scoring settings as simple as possible, with few behaviors. If you try to score many complex behaviors at once then you may make mistakes.

See Also

• Score Behaviors Manually
• Analyze a Manually Scored Behavior
• Export Manually Scored Behaviors to The Observer XT

Edit the Manual Scoring Settings

Rename a Behavior or Behavior Group

Click the name of the behavior or behavior group, make the necessary changes and press Enter.

Modify the Key Code

Click the cell under Keys for a behavior, and type in the new key code, or select another key. If the new key you want to use is assigned to another behavior, it is not available in the Keys list. Pressing that key on your keyboard makes no change in the selected cell.

To delete a key code, click the corresponding cell and press Backspace.

Edit the Behavior Properties

Double-click the behavior row or right-click and select Edit Behavior.

Create a New Behavior Group

Create first a behavior that belongs to that group, then from the Behavior Type list select Mutually Exclusive, and in the Behavior Group list enter the name of the new group.

Add a Behavior to a Specific Group

Right-click the behavior group row and select Add Behavior. Type in a new name.

Delete Behaviors and Behavior Groups

You can delete a behavior or behavior group only after you have deleted all your trials. Right-click anywhere on the behavior (or behavior group) row, and select Delete Behavior (or Delete Behavior Group).

Important: If you delete a behavior group, all behaviors of that group are deleted.

Move a Behavior from One Group to Another

Double-click a behavior to edit it. In the Edit Behavior window, select the Behavior Group you want to move the behavior to.

Edit Manual Scoring Settings After Acquiring Data

Choose Setup > Manual Scoring Settings.

You can:

• Add a new behavior.
• Rename an existing behavior or behavior group.
• Edit the behavior's description.
• Set a behavior as Initially Active. This will not modify your existing data; it will only set that behavior as initially active for the next trial.

You cannot:

• Delete behaviors, unless they have been added after data acquisition. If you acquire more trials, those new behaviors cannot be deleted.
• Rename or change the properties of behaviors in a Quality Assurance experiment.

Source: EthoVision XT 19 Help - Set Up an Experiment, Noldus Information Technology