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Choosing which protocol elements are analysed

Introduction

ANY-maze can analyse a vast number of measures (there are over 300) and it does this whenever you load an experiment which includes any completed tests. The analysis of results goes on in the background while you work, which means that usually, when you want to view any results, the analysis has already been done.

Even though the analysis goes on in the background, it can take some time if you have a large experiment and/or a very complex protocol, and you may have to wait for result analysis to finish before you can view some results. The Results analysis filter page of the protocol allows you to limit the areas that you're interested in analysing, in order to speed up result calculation.

Limiting the number of results calculated

To see how limiting analysis can help speed things up, let's consider the measures that ANY-maze calculates for zones - there are over 60 of them and they're calculated for every zone. It may be that you've set up several zones, but you're not interested in analysing what the animal does in each one - you might have created them to be part of a sequence, for example. In this case, you can opt to remove these zones from result analysis, and ANY-maze won't calculate any results for them. This will reduce the number of measures to be calculated by more than 60 for each zone that you remove and consequently reduce the time that analysis takes.

To remove an item completely from result analysis, simply un-check it in the top-most list on the Results analysis filter page. This means that ANY-maze won't calculate any results for this item.

Limiting analysis across zones

Some measures, such as those for key presses, virtual switches and I/O items, are not only calculated for the apparatus as a whole, but also for each zone in the apparatus (unless you've removed the zone from results analysis as described above, of course).

If you're not interested in the results of some of these items within individual zones, you can un-check them in the bottom list. This will mean that the item will still have results calculated for the apparatus as a whole, but not for each individual zone as well - again, this will reduce the time it takes to analyse an experiment's results.

Choosing which protocol elements are analysed

Introduction

Limiting the number of results calculated

Limiting analysis across zones

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