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PROCODER is a software system for observing and coding events that have been recorded on videotape. The system uses a personal-computer-based tape controller to control a VHS tape while observations are recorded. Frequencies of events, durations of events, and calculations of inter-observer agreement of events or intervals are included. Data can be output in ASCII format for use with other statistical programs. A sample study in which the system is used is described as well.
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This research was supported in part by Grants NICHD P30HD15052 and NSF BNS9109634. We gratefully acknowledge the contributions of Abigail Baxter, David Fiel, Carol Hamlett, Willie Horn, Linda Knieps, and Tamara Ogan to this project.
Note: The author has a direct financial interest in some of the software described in this paper.—Editor
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Tapp, J., Walden, T. PROCODER: A professional tape control, coding, and analysis system for behavioral research using videotape. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers 25, 53–56 (1993). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03204449
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03204449