Hi Dave,

In one of our survey questions, we ask participants when
they learned English. Our options are:

Before the age of 5

At the age of 5 or later (specify age in years).

Here I want them to specify their age but I couldn’t find a
way to insert a textbox within this question. Here is our script for this
question:

<radiobuttons english>

/ caption = "When did you learn English?"

/ options = ("Before the age of 5")

/ other = "At the age of 5 or later (specify age in
years)"

</radiobuttons>

Can you help me with that?

Thanks!

G.

P.S: I'm using Inquisit 4 on my own computer, but have Inquisit 3 in the lab. 

<radiobuttons english>
/ caption = "When did you learn English?"
/ options = ("Before the age of 5")
/ other = "At the age of 5 or later (specify age in years)"
</radiobuttons>

<surveypage pg01>
/ questions = [1=english]
</surveypage>

works perfectly fine in Inquisit 3 and Inqusit 4.0.0.1 on Windows (note that the textbox may only become visible once you select the respective option).

Regards,

~Dave

Hey,

Thank you so much for your response. I tried it a couple of times but it is still not working. It's not an individual question, but embedded in a group of demographics. Can the problem be related to that? Here is the script for all of them:

<survey demographicsA>

/ pages = [1 = demographics1; 2= demographics2; 3 = knowA]

/ responsefontstyle = ("Verdana", -12, false, false, false, false, 5, 0)

/ itemfontstyle = ("Verdana", -13, false, false, false, false, 5, 0)

/ itemspacing = 2%

/ showpagenumbers = false

</survey>

<survey demographicsB>

/ pages = [1 = demographics1; 2= demographics2; 3 = knowB]

/ responsefontstyle = ("Verdana", -12, false, false, false, false, 5, 0)

/ itemfontstyle = ("Verdana", -13, false, false, false, false, 5, 0)

/ itemspacing = 2%

/ showpagenumbers = false

</survey>

<survey demographicsC>

/ pages = [1 = demographics1; 2= demographics2; 3 = knowC]

/ responsefontstyle = ("Verdana", -12, false, false, false, false, 5, 0)

/ itemfontstyle = ("Verdana", -13, false, false, false, false, 5, 0)

/ itemspacing = 2%

/ showpagenumbers = false

</survey>

<textbox age>

/ caption = "Age"

/ mask = positiveinteger

/ range = (16, 99)

</textbox>

<dropdown sex>

/ caption = "Sex"

/ options = ("female", "male")

/ optionvalues = ("0", "1")

</dropdown>

<dropdown ugrad_year>

/ caption = "Class year"

/ options = ("1st year undergraduate", "2nd year undergraduate", "3rd year undergraduate", 

"4th year undergraduate", "5th+ year undergraduate", "1st year grad student", 

"2nd year grad student", "3rd+ year grad student", "not a student")

/ optionvalues = ("1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9")

</dropdown>

<dropdown latino>

/ caption = "Ethnicity"

/ options = ("Hispanic or Latino", "Not Hispanic or Latino")

/ optionvalues = ("1", "0")

</dropdown>

<checkboxes race>

/ caption = "Race (select all that apply)"

/ options = ("White", "Asian", "Black/African American", "Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander", "American Indian/Alaska Native")

/ other = "Other"

</checkboxes>

<radiobuttons english>

/ caption = "When did you learn English?"

/ options = ("Before the age of 5")

/ other = "At the age of 5 or later (specify age in years)"

</radiobuttons>

<textbox major>

/ caption = "Academic major"

</textbox>

<surveypage demographics1>

/ caption = "Please answer the following demographic questions"

/ fontstyle = ("Verdana", -16, true, false, false, false, 5, 0)

/ questions = [1=age; 2=sex] 

</surveypage>

<surveypage demographics2>

/ caption = "Please answer the following demographic questions (continued)"

/ fontstyle = ("Verdana", -16, true, false, false, false, 5, 0)

/ questions = [1=ugrad_year; 2=latino; 3=race; 4=english; 5=major] 

</surveypage>

The code you posted is not complete, so I can't test this. I, however, doubt that it makes any difference. As I said, the textbox for the /other option shows up just fine for me in the current Inquisit 3 and 4 versions available at millisecond.com (3.0.6.0 and 4.0.0.1 respectively). Check if your installation is up to date.

Hi Dave,

I tried one more time and even tried to move the question to a separate page, but it's not working. I checked my version and it is 4.0.0.1 so I can't see any problem with that either. Here is the complete code if this helps. Thanks again!

<survey demographicsC>

/ pages = [1 = demographics1; 2= demographics2; 3= demographics3; 4 = knowC]

/ responsefontstyle = ("Verdana", -12, false, false, false, false, 5, 0)

/ itemfontstyle = ("Verdana", -13, false, false, false, false, 5, 0)

/ itemspacing = 2%

/ showpagenumbers = false

</survey>

<textbox age>

/ caption = "Age"

/ mask = positiveinteger

/ range = (16, 99)

</textbox>

<dropdown sex>

/ caption = "Sex"

/ options = ("female", "male")

/ optionvalues = ("0", "1")

</dropdown>

<dropdown ugrad_year>

/ caption = "Class year"

/ options = ("1st year undergraduate", "2nd year undergraduate", "3rd year undergraduate", 

"4th year undergraduate", "5th+ year undergraduate", "1st year grad student", 

"2nd year grad student", "3rd+ year grad student", "not a student")

/ optionvalues = ("1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9")

</dropdown>

<dropdown latino>

/ caption = "Ethnicity"

/ options = ("Hispanic or Latino", "Not Hispanic or Latino")

/ optionvalues = ("1", "0")

</dropdown>

<checkboxes race>

/ caption = "Race (select all that apply)"

/ options = ("White", "Asian", "Black/African American", "Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander", "American Indian/Alaska Native")

/ other = "Other"

</checkboxes>

<radiobuttons english>

/ caption = "When did you learn English?"

/ options = ("Before the age of 5")

/ other = "At the age of 5 or later (specify age in years)"

</radiobuttons>

<surveypage pg01>

/ questions = [1=english]

</surveypage>

<textbox major>

/ caption = "Academic major"

</textbox>

<surveypage demographics1>

/ caption = "Please answer the following demographic questions"

/ fontstyle = ("Verdana", -16, true, false, false, false, 5, 0)

/ questions = [1=age; 2=sex] 

</surveypage>

<surveypage demographics2>

/ caption = "Please answer the following demographic questions (continued)"

/ fontstyle = ("Verdana", -16, true, false, false, false, 5, 0)

/ questions = [1=ugrad_year; 2=latino; 3=race; 4=major] 

</surveypage>

<surveypage demographics3>

/ caption = "Please answer the following demographic questions (continued)"

/ fontstyle = ("Verdana", -16, true, false, false, false, 5, 0)

/ questions = [1=english] 

</surveypage>

<surveypage knowA>

/ questions = [1=know1; 2=close1]

</surveypage>

<surveypage knowB>

/ questions = [1=know2; 2=close2]

</surveypage>

<surveypage knowC>

/ questions = [1=know1; 2=close1; 3=know2; 4=close2]

</surveypage>

<radiobuttons know1>

/ caption = "Are you acquainted with someone called Terry?"

/ options = ("Yes", "No")

/ optionvalues = ("1", "2")

/ orientation = vertical

/ required = true

</radiobuttons>

<radiobuttons close1>

/ caption = "If yes, how close are you with Terry?"

/ options = ("Not at all", "", "", "", "Very much")

/ optionvalues = ("1", "2", "3", "4", "5")

/ orientation = vertical

/ required = false

</radiobuttons>

<radiobuttons know2>

/ caption = "Are you acquainted with someone called Pat?"

/ options = ("Yes", "No")

/ optionvalues = ("1", "2")

/ orientation = vertical

/ required = true

</radiobuttons>

<radiobuttons close2>

/ caption = "If yes, how close are you with Pat?"

/ options = ("Not at all", "", "", "", "Very much")

/ optionvalues = ("1", "2", "3", "4", "5")

/ orientation = vertical

/ required = false

</radiobuttons>

Your code works fine for me in 4.0.0.1:

You might want to try if referencing a separate <textbox> element via /other works for you as an alternative (cf http://www.millisecond.com/forums/Topic1669.aspx#1669). Also, what OS are running this on?

I'm using Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5. I tried adding a textbox - it didn't work either. The weird thing is that the program thinks there is a textbox - it doesn't let me go to the next page if I select "After age of 5" option. It just doesn't bring a textbox - or maybe brings one, but it's invisible.

Then you're hitting a bug specific to the Mac version. This should be fixed in the next update. Since you're using Inquisit 3 in the lab, though, this should not be a practical issue -- the code works fine in both Inquisit 3 and 4 on Windows.

Yeah, I just tried it on a PC and it's working! Thank you!

Hi Dave,

Do you know if this bug ever got fixed? I have the December release and am experiencing the same bug running Inquisit on a Mac with OS 10.8

Thanks!

I thought this was among those fixed, but I may well be mistaken. I have logged this as a bug again. Thanks for the report and apologies for the inconvenience.

Hi, 
I am asking probably a rather simple question, but where ( in the script ... ) are you supposed to add a textbox ?

Thanks,

Laura 

See the documentation for the /other attribute.