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Recognizing Chinese characters

Libra — Thu, 16 Jul 2020 10:31:20 GMT

Hi, I am trying to collect data in China so I have changed stimuli to Chinese and participants will also respond by typing in Chinese. This was not an issue with Inquisit 6 Lab. I was able to see the stimuli item and responses as Chinese characters in the recorded data file. However, when I uploaded the script to Inquisit 6 web, it seems that Chinese characters couldn't be recognized. As a result, I got "???" for those stimuli and responses in Chinese when checking the data file. Is there a way to solve this issue? Thank you!

RE: Recognizing Chinese characters

Dave — Thu, 16 Jul 2020 10:31:20 GMT

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[b]Libra - 7/16/2020[/b]
Could you please also help me delete my previous post in this thread with the study's link contained? Thank you!
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I've deleted the post / removed the link.

RE: Recognizing Chinese characters

Dave — Thu, 16 Jul 2020 10:30:46 GMT

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[b]Libra - 7/15/2020[/b]
Here it is! Thank you, Dave.

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Thank you for the link. I'm confused, though. I've looked at all the data files in the account, and they display any Chinese characters entered just fine?

RE: Recognizing Chinese characters

Libra — Thu, 16 Jul 2020 02:53:08 GMT

Could you please also help me delete my previous post in this thread with the study's link contained? Thank you!

RE: Recognizing Chinese characters

Libra — Thu, 16 Jul 2020 02:51:20 GMT

It worked when the file was downloaded in excel format! Thank you, Dave!

RE: Recognizing Chinese characters

Dave — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 23:51:20 GMT

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[b]Libra - 7/15/2020[/b]
Hi Dave,
Are you able to see the screenshot attached here? I am glad to hear that the data could be saved without problems. But I also want to be able to see the data on my end so that I could analyze it in the future. I was able to see Chinese characters on data files saved when trying the script out on Inquisit Lab, but couldn't see them with Inquisit web-recorded data.
Best,
Minghui
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There is no difference between the Lab and Web data files. *.iqdat files are simple, tab-delimited text files, and their encoding is UTF-8. I've checked the data files in your account left and right, and they're perfectly normal.

RE: Recognizing Chinese characters

Dave — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 23:50:54 GMT

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[b]Libra - 7/15/2020[/b]
Thank you Dave for checking it for me! I am not doubting that you could see the Chinese characters but I need to see them so that I could analyze collected data. I asked my colleague to check the data files and they could see the Chinese characters either, only question marks. Would you be able to let us know how to solve this problem? Thank you!
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Try the following and let me know the results:
(1) Download the data in Excel format. Open it. Do you see the Chinese characters?
(2) Download the data as *.iqdat. Open it in a simple text editor like TextEdit (Mac) or Notepad (Windows). Do you see the Chinese characters?

RE: Recognizing Chinese characters

Libra — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 23:46:21 GMT

Thank you Dave for checking it for me! I am not doubting that you could see the Chinese characters but I need to see them so that I could analyze collected data. I asked my colleague to check the data files and they could see the Chinese characters either, only question marks. Would you be able to let us know how to solve this problem? Thank you!

RE: Recognizing Chinese characters

Libra — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 21:17:43 GMT

Hi Dave,
Are you able to see the screenshot attached here? I am glad to hear that the data could be saved without problems. But I also want to be able to see the data on my end so that I could analyze it in the future. I was able to see Chinese characters on data files saved when trying the script out on Inquisit Lab, but couldn't see them with Inquisit web-recorded data.
Best,
Minghui

RE: Recognizing Chinese characters

Dave — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 20:47:03 GMT

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[b]Libra - 7/15/2020[/b]
Hi Dave,
That's weird! I couldn't see it on my end.
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That screenshot didn't go through, I'm afraid. Can you attach the image please?

That aside, the characters are there and recorded properly. I've checked all data files available for your experiment available in the account and found exactly zero instances of any characters being rendered as "???" or the like.

Can't say without the screenshot, but this may be an issue with whatever application you are using to view the data files rather than with the data files themselves.

RE: Recognizing Chinese characters

Libra — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 20:43:24 GMT

Here's the screenshot!

RE: Recognizing Chinese characters

Libra — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 20:41:50 GMT

Hi Dave,
That's weird! I couldn't see it on my end.

RE: Recognizing Chinese characters

Dave — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 19:10:40 GMT

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[b]Libra - 7/15/2020[/b]
Hi, I am trying to collect data in China so I have changed stimuli to Chinese and participants will also respond by typing in Chinese. This was not an issue with Inquisit 6 Lab. I was able to see the stimuli item and responses as Chinese characters in the recorded data file. However, when I uploaded the script to Inquisit 6 web, it seems that Chinese characters couldn't be recognized. As a result, I got "???" for those stimuli and responses in Chinese when checking the data file. Is there a way to solve this issue? Thank you!
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Please provide the link to the web experiment in question.