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The Test data report settings

Introduction

The Test data report shows a spreadsheet that lists things that occurred during a test, in chronological order. For example, it can show the time of each zone entry and each zone exit.

In fact, the report can include a wide range of data, not just zone entries and exits - including such things as changes in the position of the animal, keys being pressed, sequences being completed, and so on, a full list can be found here.

You will usually want to view a subset of all the possible data, because including them all tends to make the report both very large and also difficult to interpret.

Figure 1. An example of the Test data report, showing the animal's position, speed, and whether or not it was in certain zones.

Choosing the data to include in the report

To actually choose the data to include in the report, you should:

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Select the Test data report item in the protocol list - this item is automatically included in the protocol.

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Use the list displayed in the Settings pane to select the data you want included.

You will find that options shown in this list change, depending on the context of the protocol. For example, if your protocol doesn't include any sequences, then there won't be an entry for 'Sequence completions', but if you add a sequence to the protocol, then this entry will appear.

If you right click in the list, then a menu containing the following options will appear:

Select all

Selects all of the options in the entire list. Although this might appear to be an easy way to view all the data that for the test (and it is), you should be aware that it will usually cause the report to become extremely long and hard to understand.

Deselect all

Deselects all options in the entire list. This is useful if you just want to reset the list and start over selecting the data to include.

Choosing the format of times shown in the report

Each thing that occurs during a test is given a time in milliseconds since the start of the test. On the report these times can be shown either in hours, minutes and seconds (for example, 00:10:22.152 being 10 minutes, 22.152 seconds since the test start) or simply in seconds (for example, 622.152 being 622.152 seconds since the test start). Usually, the hours, minutes and seconds format is more intuitive, but if you copy the report to Excel, you will find that it won't understand this format and in this case, you should use the 'seconds' only format instead.

In some cases, you may want to see when things occurred in real-time (i.e. the actual time as shown on a clock). This can be useful if, for example, you want to tie together the data recorded in ANY-maze with data that was simultaneously recorded by some other system. In this case, you can choose to have real-times shown using the 24 hour clock in HH:MM:SS.sss format, for example 13:25:12.961 (being 12.961 seconds after 1:25pm).

Choosing how the animal's position is shown in the report

During tests, ANY-maze records the animal's position in pixels and this is how it will usually show the positions in the Test data report. However, you can choose to have the positions shown in millimetres, rather than pixels, if you prefer. In either case the origin is the top-left of the video picture.

The Test data report settings

Introduction

Choosing the data to include in the report

Choosing the format of times shown in the report

Choosing how the animal's position is shown in the report

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