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.

在国家科学基金会的支持下，Rick Wilson 博士和他的合作者将领导莱斯大学的一个社会科学家联盟，并建造一个拥有 30 个工作站的计算机化实验实验室。该实验室以 Dell PowerEdge 6350 服务器为中心，包括 30 个配备 17 英寸 Ultrascan 显示器的 Dell OptiPlex GX1 工作站。拟建实验室将满足政治学、经济学、心理学系以及商学院教师的需求。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共同的方法论结合起来。迄今为止，这些学科已由控制临时实验室的个别研究人员分开。不相容的。要研究的主题包括：实验数据何时足够？以及它们如何影响决策？； ?; 有效领导者的特征是什么？：新手和专家用来评估概率的方法有多有用？; 任务反馈如何影响团队和个人绩效？个人在决策过程中如何搜索信息？公民如何看待联邦福利以及为他们分配的信贷？该实验室将由教员委员会监督，该委员会将分配时间。它还将作为一种教学工具，并在研究生教育中发挥不可或缺的作用。