Center for Behavioral Decision Research

CBDR : Information for Researchers: Lab Spaces

Lab Usage Fees

Lab Scheduling Calendars

The CBDR Lab (300 S Craig)

Tepper Behavioral Lab (300 S Craig)

Social & Decision Sciences Labs (Baker Hall)

The CMU Research Cafe (Downtown)

Data Truck

Classroom Reservations at Carnegie Mellon

Cluster Reservations at Carnegie Mellon

Conference Rooms at 300 South Craig Street

PSC Training Room at S Craig Street

University of Pittsburgh Experimental Economics Laboratory

Storing Materials in the Lab

Lab Usage Fees

As of April 2009, there is a fee of $14 per hour to use CBDR labs and $35 per hour (driving and experiment time only) to use the Data Truck that goes to support the expenses of the labs' infrastructure. When you reserve lab space on Google Calendar (see below) you will include the Oracle string to which lab fees can be charged. Strings will be charged at the end of each month. Researchers for whom this fee represents a hardship can request a fee waiver by submitting a request to the lab manager.

Lab Scheduling Calendars

The CBDR labs can be reserved on Google calendars. To get access to the calendars, email the lab manager your google account information. Once you have access, read the reservation policies that are posted as an appointment each week Sunday 9am. When reserving lab space, include your name, email address, and name of the study. In the Description box in the “Edit event details” section of your reservation, include the Oracle string to which hourly lab fees can be charged or 'CBDR support requested' if you received a fee waiver from the lab manager.

The CBDR Lab

The CBDR Lab is a research space open to all affiliates of CBDR. The lab is located at 300 S. Craig St., Room 171. The lab consists of a large room with computer cubicles, an office and a storage room. Click here to see a blueprint of the room. Click here for directions and information about gaining lab access.

Tepper Behavioral Lab

The Tepper Behavioral Research Laboratory is a research space open to all Tepper researchers and affiliates of CBDR. The lab is located at 300. S. Craig St., Room 161. The lab consists of a large room with tables and chairs. Click here to see a blueprint of the room. Clickhere for directions and information about gaining lab access.

The Social & Decision Sciences Labs

The SDS Labs are research spaces open to all SDS researchers and affiliates of CBDR. The labs are located in Baker Hall, Rooms A55B and A55C. Both A55B and A55C are equipped with eight computers. Click here for a blueprint; the rooms are marked in yellow. Click here for information about gaining lab access.

The CMU Research Cafe

The Research Cafe founded by George Loewenstein is open to all SDS researchers and affiliates of CBDR. This lab is located at Fifth Avenue Place in downown Pittsburgh. The Research Cafe has an entry area with three kiosk-style computer stations for walk-in surveys, a workstation area with 7 computers, and a conference room. Click here to see a blueprint of the room.

Data Truck

The Data Truck can be used by all affiliates of CBDR. The truck can be driven around town for data collection purposes.

For more information, click here.

Classroom Reservations at Carnegie Mellon

Classrooms and other common rooms at Carnegie Mellon can be reserved for experimenting through the SpaceQuest system. The system allows you to browse classrooms by size and location and request a reservation. Requests must then be approved before you should schedule experimental sessions there. An approval e-mail usually comes within the day.

Cluster Reservations at Carnegie Mellon

Computer Clusters at Carnegie Mellon can also be reserved for running experiments by using this site. The site is geared towards semester-long reservations for classes and regular users, but reservations for single events are possible, and relatively simple.

Conference Rooms at 300 S Craig Street

The Conference Rooms on the first floor of the 300 S. Craig building is a shared space open to all affiliates of CBDR. The rooms are numbers 102 and 172. The conference rooms consists of a large room with a table and chairs. Click here for instructions on how to reserve the rooms.

PSC Training Room at S Craig Street

The PSC Training Room is a shared space open to all affiliates of CBDR. The lab is located at 300 S Craig Street. The training room consists of a large space with about 20 computer (with no separators between them). Researchers interested in using this room should contact the lab manager for information on how to reserve it.

University of Pittsburgh Experimental Economics Laboratory

The Pittsburgh Experimental Economics Laboratory has in the past allowed us to run experiments in their very nice lab in Posvar Hall on the Pitt Campus. The lab has more computers than the Tepper Behavioral Lab and is located conveniently for a large pool of willing participants. The lab's economics orientation makes very uncomfortable hosting any experiment with even a small element of deception, so those studies are better run elsewhere.

Storing Materials in the Lab

Researchers are allowed to store a limited amount of experimental supplies and documents in the labs, provided it is clearly labeled with the experimenter's name and email address, as well as a date by which it will be removed from the lab or may be disposed of. Without these labels, anything left in the lab may be disposed of at any time without notice.