Learning e-prime

[David McFarlane]

>Can u guys suggest me how to approach(learn) e-prime.I am new to
>this.....it would be great if anyone suggests some tutorial where i
>can learn from scratch.......

1. Do Tutorial 1 (pp. 1-31) in the "Getting Started Guide" that came 
with your E-Prime installation.  In general, the E-Prime tutorials 
really are rather good.

2. Don't bother with Tutorial 2, I don't know anybody who uses the 
Paradigm Wizard.

3. Do the Advanced Tutorials (pp. 72-100) in the "Getting Started Guide".

4. Optionally, do Tutorials 4 & 3 (E-DataAid and E-Merge) in the 
"Getting Started Guide".

5. At this point you may want to pause and try building your own 
programs.  This will get your feet wet and help you to appreciate the 
following stages.

6. Do the tutorial from Chapter 2 of the "User's Guide" that came 
with your E-Prime installation.

7. Go over all the sample experiments in Appendix C of the "User's Guide".

8. When you think you need to know more about inline script, work 
through Chapter 4 of the "User's Guide".

9. By now you should give a serious try to writing your own programs.

10. When you are ready to delve further into the object-oriented 
underpinnings of E-Prime, start scouring the online E-Basic Help 
(from E-Studio, do Help > E-Basic Help).  This is the real reference 
manual for E-Prime, the printed "Reference Guide" is a joke.

11. If you get really serious about programming and inline script, 
get the appropriate books on Microsoft VisualBasic.  The "User's 
Guide" contains some recommendations, or you may ask again here.

12. For advanced study, browse the PST User Forum ( 
support.pstnet.com/forum ) and the Archives of E-Prime List ( 
listserv.linguistlist.org/archives/eprime.html ) to see what problems 
others have encountered and how they solved them.

13. At some point someone in your lab MUST (repeat, MUST) thoroughly 
read Chapter 3 of the "User's Guide" about critical timing.  If you 
care about critical timing, then you must also at the least run the 
RefreshClockTest on all your experiment running machines (see 
Appendix A of the "User's Guide").

That should get you started.  Hope this helps.
-- David McFarlane, Professional Faultfinder


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