                            MULTI and RESET
                  Multiple Subject Behavior-Monitoring
                    and Specifications-Reset Programs

1.  MULTI's performance will be limited by the capacity of the computer that is running the program.   TRY A SAMPLE RUN BEFORE YOU USE THE PROGRAM IN AN ACTUAL TEST to be sure that it will perform as you expect.

2.  Monitoring can be done with the numeric keypad for 9 behaviors of fewer.

3.  The name of the default specifications file MULTI uses is SPEC.DOC.  It is configured by running RESET.

4.  MULTI uses the computer's internal clock to obtain start and stop times for each observation.  Durations are calculated by subtracting start times from stop times.  Therefore, errors will occur if the system clock passes midnight during a test session.

5.  If an undefined key is pressed during monitoring, the elapsed time until the next defined key is pressed is not included in any of the accumulations.  Lost time (determined by subtracting time accounted for from the period of the test) can then be added to the appropriate behavior.

6.  Where frequency, rather than duration, is the relevant criterion, MULTI can be used by alternating between the key representing the behavior of interest and another key.  An "other" key can be designated for this purpose.

7.  Keeping track during testing of which keys represent which behaviors can be facilitated by affixing imprinted tape tabs to the appropriate keys.

8.  MULTISUP supports disk files created using MULTI  as well as MONITOR2.   It does not support files created with the original monitoring program (MONITOR).  The CONVERT program will convert MONITOR files with up to 100 records into files that are compatible with MULTISUP.  The version of MULTISUP provided with MULTI is a revision of the one provided with MONITOR2 (MSUPPORT) and can accomodate the range of specification-file names that MULTI permits.

9.  MULTI's disk-filing routine inserts 3 leading blank spaces in the lines that store control and frequency information.  The merge option in MULTISUP removes these spaces, thereby reducing storage requirements somewhat.  The other options in MULTISUP can still be used with merged files.

10.  Sequence data is filed: subject number, behavior number, CR.

11.  MULTISUP prints subject numbers, not names, with behavior sequences.
For further information, see:
     Tarapacki, J.A. and Kristal, M.B.   An adaptable microcomputer program for recording behavior durations.  Physiol. Behav. 47:381-384; 1990.
     Tarapacki, J.A. and Kristal, M.B.   An adaptable microcomputer program for monitoring behavior.  Physiol. Behav. 53:621-622; 1993.
