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Sliders/Scales with labels in varying intervals

Christin41 — Wed, 18 Nov 2020 14:55:03 GMT

I am trying to program scales (so sliders) that have labels in varying intervals. Namely, the labeled magnitude scale (LMS, Green et al., 1996) and the labeled hedonic scale (LHS, Lim et al., 2009). I am attaching a picture below of the hedonic scale that I am trying to achieve (that was programmed in MatLab).

1. Is there a way of doing this in Inquisit within the slider element (or another element)? If not, is there maybe a way of adding text elements to survey pages (maybe another type of element that can be added in the background so to say of a question on a survey page)?

2. Also the labeled hedonic scale shown below should be scored with 100 for the both extremes and 0 for neutral (so Most liked sensation imaginable and Most disliked sensation imaginable should both be scored 100 with scored then getting smaller towards the middle where neutral stands for 0). Is this possible to program within Inquisit?

RE: Sliders/Scales with labels in varying intervals

Dave — Wed, 18 Nov 2020 14:55:03 GMT

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I am trying to program scales (so sliders) that have labels in varying intervals. Namely, the labeled magnitude scale (LMS, Green et al., 1996) and the labeled hedonic scale (LHS, Lim et al., 2009). I am attaching a picture below of the hedonic scale that I am trying to achieve (that was programmed in MatLab).

1. Is there a way of doing this in Inquisit within the slider element (or another element)? If not, is there maybe a way of adding text elements to survey pages (maybe another type of element that can be added in the background so to say of a question on a survey page)?

2. Also the labeled hedonic scale shown below should be scored with 100 for the both extremes and 0 for neutral (so Most liked sensation imaginable and Most disliked sensation imaginable should both be scored 100 with scored then getting smaller towards the middle where neutral stands for 0). Is this possible to program within Inquisit?

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I attached it now! Thanks for the tipp.
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It's possible to do, but fiddly. For the unevently spaced labels, you need to work with blank labels in between. Here's a simple example (I can't give you an exact one, since I don't have any information at which point values the actual labels a re supposed to appear in the original scales at issue).

<slider myslider>
/ labels = ("Most Liked", " ", " "," ", "Like Extremely", "Like Very Much", " ", " ", " ", "Neutral", " "," ", " ", "Dislike Very Much", "Dislike Extremely", " ", " ", " ", "Most Disliked")
/ range = (1,201)
/ orientation = vertical
/ showticks = false
/ slidersize = (25%, 70%)
/ fontstyle = ("Arial", 1.5%)
</slider>

<surveypage mypage>
/ questions = [1=myslider]
/ showquestionnumbers = false
/ showpagenumbers = false
</surveypage>

<block myblock>
/ trials = [1= mypage]
</block>

For the scoring, you will need to write an expression that takes the raw slider response between 1 and 201 and maps it to the proper values (100 at the respective extremes, 0 for the neutral point, etc.)
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Thank you very much for your help!

Is there a maximum of labels that one can use? I tried to create 100 labels on a scale of a range of 1-100, but that seemed to not work (with the labels being far above and below the actual scale). I tried this to get an accurate spacing of the labels.

For the first scale this is the asked for spacing (I also attached an image of this)
Labeled Magnitude scale (on a scale from 0-100):
Strongest imaginable 100
Very strong 53.3
Strong 35.4
Moderate 17.2
Weak 6.1
Barely detectable        1.4

For the other scale this is the appropriate spacing (on a scale going from 100 to 0 and 0 to 100 with 0 in the middle of the scale)
Most liked sensation imaginable            100
Like extremely 65.72
Like very much 44.43
Like moderately 17.82
Like slightly 6.25
Neutral 0
Dislike slightly 5.92
Dislike moderately 17.59
Dislike very much 42.58
Dislike extremely 62.89
Most disliked sensation imaginable 100
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Yeah, that's not going to work with slider /labels. It would require too many blank labels, which also take up vertical space despite being nominally "blank."

What you can do is set up <caption> elements to serve as labels. /position them as needed, and along with the slider display them via the <surveypage>'s /questions attribute.

RE: Sliders/Scales with labels in varying intervals

Christin41 — Wed, 18 Nov 2020 14:53:00 GMT

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[b]Christin41 - 11/18/2020[/b]
I am trying to program scales (so sliders) that have labels in varying intervals. Namely, the labeled magnitude scale (LMS, Green et al., 1996) and the labeled hedonic scale (LHS, Lim et al., 2009). I am attaching a picture below of the hedonic scale that I am trying to achieve (that was programmed in MatLab).

1. Is there a way of doing this in Inquisit within the slider element (or another element)? If not, is there maybe a way of adding text elements to survey pages (maybe another type of element that can be added in the background so to say of a question on a survey page)?

2. Also the labeled hedonic scale shown below should be scored with 100 for the both extremes and 0 for neutral (so Most liked sensation imaginable and Most disliked sensation imaginable should both be scored 100 with scored then getting smaller towards the middle where neutral stands for 0). Is this possible to program within Inquisit?

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Please attach the image properly per +Insert -> Add FIle
[/quote]

I attached it now! Thanks for the tipp.
[/quote]

It's possible to do, but fiddly. For the unevently spaced labels, you need to work with blank labels in between. Here's a simple example (I can't give you an exact one, since I don't have any information at which point values the actual labels a re supposed to appear in the original scales at issue).

<slider myslider>
/ labels = ("Most Liked", " ", " "," ", "Like Extremely", "Like Very Much", " ", " ", " ", "Neutral", " "," ", " ", "Dislike Very Much", "Dislike Extremely", " ", " ", " ", "Most Disliked")
/ range = (1,201)
/ orientation = vertical
/ showticks = false
/ slidersize = (25%, 70%)
/ fontstyle = ("Arial", 1.5%)
</slider>

<surveypage mypage>
/ questions = [1=myslider]
/ showquestionnumbers = false
/ showpagenumbers = false
</surveypage>

<block myblock>
/ trials = [1= mypage]
</block>

For the scoring, you will need to write an expression that takes the raw slider response between 1 and 201 and maps it to the proper values (100 at the respective extremes, 0 for the neutral point, etc.)
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Thank you very much for your help!

Is there a maximum of labels that one can use? I tried to create 100 labels on a scale of a range of 1-100, but that seemed to not work (with the labels being far above and below the actual scale). I tried this to get an accurate spacing of the labels.

For the first scale this is the asked for spacing (I also attached an image of this)
Labeled Magnitude scale (on a scale from 0-100):
Strongest imaginable 100
Very strong 53.3
Strong 35.4
Moderate 17.2
Weak 6.1
Barely detectable        1.4

For the other scale this is the appropriate spacing (on a scale going from 100 to 0 and 0 to 100 with 0 in the middle of the scale)
Most liked sensation imaginable            100
Like extremely 65.72
Like very much 44.43
Like moderately 17.82
Like slightly 6.25
Neutral 0
Dislike slightly 5.92
Dislike moderately 17.59
Dislike very much 42.58
Dislike extremely 62.89
Most disliked sensation imaginable 100
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I am working out a way now. Thanks again!!

One little additional question, the words "Strongest imaginable" appear to be too long for a label (at least only Strongest is printed unless I program a line break).
I there a way of controlling/changing how long a label can be/how long of a label is presented? I'd rather not use a line break as it might confuse participants as to where exactly Strongest imaginable lies.

RE: Sliders/Scales with labels in varying intervals

Christin41 — Wed, 18 Nov 2020 14:08:45 GMT

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[b]Dave - 11/18/2020[/b]
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[b]Christin41 - 11/18/2020[/b]
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[b]Dave - 11/18/2020[/b]
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[b]Christin41 - 11/18/2020[/b]
I am trying to program scales (so sliders) that have labels in varying intervals. Namely, the labeled magnitude scale (LMS, Green et al., 1996) and the labeled hedonic scale (LHS, Lim et al., 2009). I am attaching a picture below of the hedonic scale that I am trying to achieve (that was programmed in MatLab).

1. Is there a way of doing this in Inquisit within the slider element (or another element)? If not, is there maybe a way of adding text elements to survey pages (maybe another type of element that can be added in the background so to say of a question on a survey page)?

2. Also the labeled hedonic scale shown below should be scored with 100 for the both extremes and 0 for neutral (so Most liked sensation imaginable and Most disliked sensation imaginable should both be scored 100 with scored then getting smaller towards the middle where neutral stands for 0). Is this possible to program within Inquisit?

[/quote]

Please attach the image properly per +Insert -> Add FIle
[/quote]

I attached it now! Thanks for the tipp.
[/quote]

It's possible to do, but fiddly. For the unevently spaced labels, you need to work with blank labels in between. Here's a simple example (I can't give you an exact one, since I don't have any information at which point values the actual labels a re supposed to appear in the original scales at issue).

<slider myslider>
/ labels = ("Most Liked", " ", " "," ", "Like Extremely", "Like Very Much", " ", " ", " ", "Neutral", " "," ", " ", "Dislike Very Much", "Dislike Extremely", " ", " ", " ", "Most Disliked")
/ range = (1,201)
/ orientation = vertical
/ showticks = false
/ slidersize = (25%, 70%)
/ fontstyle = ("Arial", 1.5%)
</slider>

<surveypage mypage>
/ questions = [1=myslider]
/ showquestionnumbers = false
/ showpagenumbers = false
</surveypage>

<block myblock>
/ trials = [1= mypage]
</block>

For the scoring, you will need to write an expression that takes the raw slider response between 1 and 201 and maps it to the proper values (100 at the respective extremes, 0 for the neutral point, etc.)
[/quote]

Thank you very much for your help!

Is there a maximum of labels that one can use? I tried to create 100 labels on a scale of a range of 1-100, but that seemed to not work (with the labels being far above and below the actual scale). I tried this to get an accurate spacing of the labels.

For the first scale this is the asked for spacing (I also attached an image of this)
Labeled Magnitude scale (on a scale from 0-100):
Strongest imaginable 100
Very strong 53.3
Strong 35.4
Moderate 17.2
Weak 6.1
Barely detectable        1.4

For the other scale this is the appropriate spacing (on a scale going from 100 to 0 and 0 to 100 with 0 in the middle of the scale)
Most liked sensation imaginable            100
Like extremely 65.72
Like very much 44.43
Like moderately 17.82
Like slightly 6.25
Neutral 0
Dislike slightly 5.92
Dislike moderately 17.59
Dislike very much 42.58
Dislike extremely 62.89
Most disliked sensation imaginable 100

RE: Sliders/Scales with labels in varying intervals

Dave — Wed, 18 Nov 2020 12:56:11 GMT

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[b]Christin41 - 11/18/2020[/b]
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[b]Dave - 11/18/2020[/b]
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[b]Christin41 - 11/18/2020[/b]
I am trying to program scales (so sliders) that have labels in varying intervals. Namely, the labeled magnitude scale (LMS, Green et al., 1996) and the labeled hedonic scale (LHS, Lim et al., 2009). I am attaching a picture below of the hedonic scale that I am trying to achieve (that was programmed in MatLab).

1. Is there a way of doing this in Inquisit within the slider element (or another element)? If not, is there maybe a way of adding text elements to survey pages (maybe another type of element that can be added in the background so to say of a question on a survey page)?

2. Also the labeled hedonic scale shown below should be scored with 100 for the both extremes and 0 for neutral (so Most liked sensation imaginable and Most disliked sensation imaginable should both be scored 100 with scored then getting smaller towards the middle where neutral stands for 0). Is this possible to program within Inquisit?

[/quote]

Please attach the image properly per +Insert -> Add FIle
[/quote]

I attached it now! Thanks for the tipp.
[/quote]

It's possible to do, but fiddly. For the unevently spaced labels, you need to work with blank labels in between. Here's a simple example (I can't give you an exact one, since I don't have any information at which point values the actual labels a re supposed to appear in the original scales at issue).

<slider myslider>
/ labels = ("Most Liked", " ", " "," ", "Like Extremely", "Like Very Much", " ", " ", " ", "Neutral", " "," ", " ", "Dislike Very Much", "Dislike Extremely", " ", " ", " ", "Most Disliked")
/ range = (1,201)
/ orientation = vertical
/ showticks = false
/ slidersize = (25%, 70%)
/ fontstyle = ("Arial", 1.5%)
</slider>

<surveypage mypage>
/ questions = [1=myslider]
/ showquestionnumbers = false
/ showpagenumbers = false
</surveypage>

<block myblock>
/ trials = [1= mypage]
</block>

For the scoring, you will need to write an expression that takes the raw slider response between 1 and 201 and maps it to the proper values (100 at the respective extremes, 0 for the neutral point, etc.)

RE: Sliders/Scales with labels in varying intervals

Christin41 — Wed, 18 Nov 2020 12:21:11 GMT

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[b]Dave - 11/18/2020[/b]
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[b]Christin41 - 11/18/2020[/b]
I am trying to program scales (so sliders) that have labels in varying intervals. Namely, the labeled magnitude scale (LMS, Green et al., 1996) and the labeled hedonic scale (LHS, Lim et al., 2009). I am attaching a picture below of the hedonic scale that I am trying to achieve (that was programmed in MatLab).

1. Is there a way of doing this in Inquisit within the slider element (or another element)? If not, is there maybe a way of adding text elements to survey pages (maybe another type of element that can be added in the background so to say of a question on a survey page)?

2. Also the labeled hedonic scale shown below should be scored with 100 for the both extremes and 0 for neutral (so Most liked sensation imaginable and Most disliked sensation imaginable should both be scored 100 with scored then getting smaller towards the middle where neutral stands for 0). Is this possible to program within Inquisit?

[/quote]

Please attach the image properly per +Insert -> Add FIle
[/quote]

I attached it now! Thanks for the tipp.

RE: Sliders/Scales with labels in varying intervals

Dave — Wed, 18 Nov 2020 12:13:41 GMT

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[b]Christin41 - 11/18/2020[/b]
I am trying to program scales (so sliders) that have labels in varying intervals. Namely, the labeled magnitude scale (LMS, Green et al., 1996) and the labeled hedonic scale (LHS, Lim et al., 2009). I am attaching a picture below of the hedonic scale that I am trying to achieve (that was programmed in MatLab).

1. Is there a way of doing this in Inquisit within the slider element (or another element)? If not, is there maybe a way of adding text elements to survey pages (maybe another type of element that can be added in the background so to say of a question on a survey page)?

2. Also the labeled hedonic scale shown below should be scored with 100 for the both extremes and 0 for neutral (so Most liked sensation imaginable and Most disliked sensation imaginable should both be scored 100 with scored then getting smaller towards the middle where neutral stands for 0). Is this possible to program within Inquisit?

[/quote]

Please attach the image properly per +Insert -> Add FIle