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Combining data files

Ali — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 04:48:14 GMT

Hello,

I collected data and now I have a large Inquisit Data File (.iqdat). Then I collected some more data in a separate iqdat file. I wanted to combine the two files but I could not find a 'merge' function. I then tried to do it manually, but I found I could do only a single 'Add Row Below' at a time. Is there a more efficient way to either combine data files, or add multiple rows at a time? Thanks!

Ali

RE: Combining data files

Elmar — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 04:48:14 GMT

Thanks!

RE: Combining data files

Dave — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 04:41:07 GMT

The Inquisit 3 documentation is available on your computer via Inquisit's menu (Help -> Table of contents). It is also available online via https://www.millisecond.com/support/docs/

RE: Combining data files

Elmar — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 04:34:12 GMT

Hi Dave,

I can't find the forum. Can you please post the link?

RE: Combining data files

Dave — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 04:12:38 GMT

There is no separate menu entry for this in Inquisit 3, but it effectively works exactly the same way. You will, of course, find this covered in the "How to Combine Multiple Data Files into a Single File" topic in the Inquisit 3 documentation.

RE: Combining data files

Elmar — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 04:07:13 GMT

Are these steps also supposed to work with inquisit 3? I don't see any merge button in the file menu?

Elmar

RE: Combining data files

Dave — Sun, 08 Jun 2014 07:28:04 GMT

That's how surveypages are supposed to behave when run as trials in a <block>. To adjust navigation button labeling, see the documentation for the <surveypage> element's /nextlabel and -- here -- /finishlabel attributes.

As for question and page numbering, you may turn off automatic numbering via /showpagenumbers and /showquestionnumbers attributes and proceed to number your questions manually.

RE: Combining data files

ashaw — Sun, 08 Jun 2014 06:44:24 GMT

Running the survey pages as trials in a block works perfectly except that the numbering and Next buttons are not correct.

So when I ran it as a survey, the numbering continued over to the second survey page as 5,6,7. When I run it in a block it numbers the instructions and then also starts the question numbering over as 1,2,3.

In block form, the buttons at the bottom of the first survey page says 'Finish' instead of 'Next' as it did when I used survey format.

Is there anyway to fix the formatting when using the block element with survey pages as trials?

Thank you for the help!

RE: Combining data files

Dave — Sun, 08 Jun 2014 03:51:21 GMT

#1: You can run the <surveypage>s via a <block> element's /trials instead of using <survey>. A <surveypage> is a type of <trial>.

#2: Adjust the respective <dropdown>'s /optionvalues according to your preferences.

RE: Combining data files

ashaw — Sat, 07 Jun 2014 20:33:41 GMT

Additionally, when the survey data uses a drop down menu to ask participants to choose a country, the survey data file returns a two letter abbreviation for the chosen country. The problem is that these abbreviations don't match standard country abbreviations. Is there a way to fix this?

RE: Combining data files

ashaw — Sat, 07 Jun 2014 20:05:36 GMT

If I have a survey running at the end of an experiment - is there any way to get the survey data to be written to the same file as the experiment data from the inception so that merging files isn't required?

Thanks!

RE: Combining data files

Ali — Wed, 21 May 2014 16:42:51 GMT

Thanks Dave! That did the trick...

Ali

RE: Combining data files

Dave — Wed, 21 May 2014 15:57:49 GMT

- Open Inquisit (don't open any of the data files, just the application).

- Select File -> Merge Data Files

- Mark both files and hit open.

- Done.

RE: Combining data files

Ali — Wed, 21 May 2014 15:26:32 GMT

Thanks Dave. I checked it but it does not seem to work properly. I might be missing something. I open File 1, and then Merge Data Files and select File 2. However, when I save I end up with a MergedData file that is an exact copy of File 2 (but data from File 1 is not there). Could you please tell me if I'm missing something? (See attached files.) Thanks again.

Ali

RE: Combining data files

Dave — Tue, 20 May 2014 17:01:14 GMT

See the "How to Combine Multiple Data Files into a Single File" topic in the Inquisit documentation.