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This paper describes a PDP-15 timesharing system in which on-line experimentation and an undergraduate laboratory course co-exist with many other users. Design features include precise stimulus and response timing, easy experiment programming, easy system access, and 15 or more simultaneous users. Students can be both experimenters and subjects in realistic, variable course modules.
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Portions of the research reported herein were supported by grants from the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Education, United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect the position or policy of the sponsoring agencies and no official endorsement should be inferred. Jim Pellegrino played a major role in the development of the undergraduate laboratory system described in this paper.
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Lesgold, A.M., Fitzhugh, R.J. An on-line psychology laboratory for teaching and research. Behavior Research Methods & Instrumentation 9, 184–188 (1977). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03214497
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03214497