- We provide support for everything from preparation and implementation to data collection for auditory experiments.
- Supports SD method and paired comparison method.
- 50 representative evaluation terms have already been registered.
- Managing experimental patterns and result data is also easy.
In the automotive, consumer electronics, and telecommunications industries, auditory evaluation tests, also known as auditory experiments, are frequently conducted to reduce noise and design desirable sounds. These tests involve having a large number of subjects listen to sounds and provide feedback. Because results vary among subjects, it is necessary to gather a large number of participants. Experimental methods such as paired comparison and Semantic Differential (SD) are common, requiring specialized knowledge to conduct these experiments. Furthermore, since the experiments typically involve the experiment designer distributing papers with evaluation terms to subjects, and the subjects marking the sounds played by the experimenter at set intervals, managing information from many subjects and organizing and analyzing the data obtained after the experiment is extremely time-consuming.
The WS-5190 auditory experiment software is designed to simplify and efficiently carry out the traditionally time-consuming process of preparing, conducting, and compiling auditory experiments using a personal computer. It supports two types of auditory experiments: the Semantic Differential (SD) method and Scheffé's paired comparison method. Simply select the experimental method (paired comparison method or SD method) and the sample sounds and evaluation words to be used in the experiment on your PC, and the software will then automatically manage the experiment and create the results file. Furthermore, it includes essential functions for auditory experiments, such as managing the presented sound sources, evaluation words (adjective pairs), subjects (respondents), and experimental patterns. Depending on the application, purpose, or experimental environment, you can choose between a standalone model where subjects interactively conduct the experiment themselves, or a client-server model that allows simultaneous auditory experiments with up to six subjects via a network connection between personal computers. Experimental results are sorted by gender, age, etc., and output to a text file in a specified format. Therefore, it does not require file conversion work for various analyses using commercially available statistical analysis software.
