Manually scored behavior

Definition

Behaviors defined in the Manual Scoring Settings are analyzed as dependent variables with discrete states, like In zone, Movement etc.

How to specify a manually scored behavior

1.Click the Add button next to the name of the behavior (or behavior group) you want to calculate.

2.In the tab named as the behavior (or the behavior group), select the behavior you want to calculate statistics for, and clear the options for the behaviors you do not want to include in the table.

▪For Mutually-exclusive behaviors, the window lists all behaviors of the group selected by default. The analysis result will show the statistics for each behavior separately. Clear the option for the behavior you do not want to analyze.

▪For Start-Stop behaviors, the window lists the behavior (selected by default) and its opposite, indicated by Not [behavior name]. Selecting Not [behavior name] means that the program calculates the statistics for the time that the behavior was not active (see below).

3.Complete the procedure to add the variable. See Calculate statistics: procedure.

Notes

▪Not [behavior name]: For example, if you define Rearing as a Start-Stop behavior and score it one time during the test (not at the start of the trial), then the results will be (see also the figure below):

Frequency of Rearing = 1.

Frequency of Not Rearing = 2. The first occurrence of Not Rearing is at the start of the trial, and the second occurrence is after you press the Stop code for Rearing.

The cumulative duration of Not [behavior name] is the sum of all the periods of time that the behavior was not scored.