Optimus

Archived!

This project is insanely old and may not work right on modern ruby. Use at your own risk!

Turning data into results

Optimus is a set of libraries designed to process behavioral data for use in statistical analysis packages. Think of it as the ultimate scriptable spreadsheet.

Currently, it’s geared towards processing files generated by E-Prime, but really works with anything that produces spreadsheet-like data.

Installing

We’re all set in RubyGems, so:

sudo gem install optimus-ep

should get you set up with Optimus and the required RParsec. I’ve developed and tested with Ruby 1.8.7, but suspect 1.9.x will work, too.

Command-line tools:

Right now, there’s one program recommended for general use:

eprime2tabfile

Turns the text file written by E-Prime (or, really, any file we can read) into a tab-delimited file. It prints to stdout, and should be redirected if you want to save the output.

Usage:

Usage: eprime2tabfile [options] INPUT_FILES

    -o, --outfile=OUTFILE            The name of the file to create. If this
                                     isn't specified, print to the standard
                                     output.

    -c, --columns=COLUMN_FILE        A tab-separated file containing the columns
                                     in the order you want your output.

        --filter-columns             Write out only the columns in COLUMN_FILE.
                                     Requires the use of --columns

    -a, --add-filename-line          Print the filename as the first line of
                                     your output, just like E-DataAid.

    -f, --force                      Continue processing even there are errors.

    -h, --help                       Print this message.

API Usage

Coming very soon.

License

(The GNU Public License, Version 2)

Optimus: Libraries and utilities for interacting with E-Prime data files
Copyright © 2008-09 Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.

E-Prime is a registered trademark of Psychology Software Tools, Inc.