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Participants unable to locate cursor after completing task

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By barnhart135 - 1/27/2021

Hello--

For my study, participants are routed from Qualtrics to Inquisit to complete the N-back and go/no go. My review committee asked me to assess practice effects since these are popular measures. To do this, I coded in a simple multiple choice question after each task (e.g., "Have you completed this task before? Yes/no/I don't know).

Unfortunately, participants are reporting that once the task ends, they are unable to bring their cursor to screen to select one of these options. This has lad to participants ending the program, and thus the study.

Any ideas on why this might be happening in Inquisit and tips to correct this?

W
By Dave - 1/27/2021

barnhart135 - 1/28/2021
Hello--

For my study, participants are routed from Qualtrics to Inquisit to complete the N-back and go/no go. My review committee asked me to assess practice effects since these are popular measures. To do this, I coded in a simple multiple choice question after each task (e.g., "Have you completed this task before? Yes/no/I don't know).

Unfortunately, participants are reporting that once the task ends, they are unable to bring their cursor to screen to select one of these options. This has lad to participants ending the program, and thus the study.

Any ideas on why this might be happening in Inquisit and tips to correct this?

W

You will have to provide the link to the study's Inquisit start page and -- as far as you have available -- the system details (operating system, etc,) for the participants who experienced this issue.
By barnhart135 - 1/27/2021

Sure - would you like me to post here or can I send to you privately?

For the participants who has expressed issues, I know both were working from macbooks - don't really know much more. I wonder if age of the device could play a role given I, too, have a macbook but experience no issues.
By Dave - 1/27/2021

barnhart135 - 1/28/2021
Sure - would you like me to post here or can I send to you privately?

For the participants who has expressed issues, I know both were working from macbooks - don't really know much more. I wonder if age of the device could play a role given I, too, have a macbook but experience no issues.

> Sure - would you like me to post here or can I send to you privately?

Whatever works best for you.

As for age, OSX version might play a role, it's possible that Apple broke compatibility.
By barnhart135 - 1/27/2021

Dave - 1/28/2021
barnhart135 - 1/28/2021
Sure - would you like me to post here or can I send to you privately?

For the participants who has expressed issues, I know both were working from macbooks - don't really know much more. I wonder if age of the device could play a role given I, too, have a macbook but experience no issues.

> Sure - would you like me to post here or can I send to you privately?

Whatever works best for you.

As for age, OSX version might play a role, it's possible that Apple broke compatibility.

I will send privately - thanks.