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Multiple sessions for each participant

Kambo — Wed, 15 Sep 2021 15:49:08 GMT

Greetings,

We will use Inquisit Web for administration of a rather extensive test battery. Each sub-task needs to be completed in one session once initiated, but I would like to know if it is possible for each participant to login several times and complete the different tasks at their own time?

Cheers,

Heidi

RE: Multiple sessions for each participant

Dave — Wed, 15 Sep 2021 15:49:08 GMT

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[b]Heidi Umbach Hansen - 9/15/2021[/b]
Many thanks. Another naive question I guess, but what happens if a participant takes a break between the different tests if they are all nested together - can they just proceed, or is there some sort of idle timeout?

Heidi
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Inquisit itself does not impose some kind of idle timeout. If the participant's device goes to sleep or into hibernation due to an extended break, however, all bets are off -- it may or may not be possible for Inquisit to continue after such an event.

The second exception is if the script you are administering itself has some kind of built-in timeout.

RE: Multiple sessions for each participant

Kambo — Wed, 15 Sep 2021 15:41:43 GMT

Many thanks. Another naive question I guess, but what happens if a participant takes a break between the different tests if they are all nested together - can they just proceed, or is there some sort of idle timeout?

Heidi

RE: Multiple sessions for each participant

Dave — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 13:33:34 GMT

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[b]Kambo - 2/24/2021[/b]
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[b]Dave - 2/24/2021[/b]
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[b]Kambo - 2/24/2021[/b]
Greetings,

We will use Inquisit Web for administration of a rather extensive test battery. Each sub-task needs to be completed in one session once initiated, but I would like to know if it is possible for each participant to login several times and complete the different tasks at their own time?

Cheers,

Heidi
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This will, in part, depend on the specific tasks you are administering. Please be more specific.
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It will e.g. be different perceptual tasks in the auditory domain, an abstract reasoning matrix etc. Scripts for the perceptual tasks will be written by us.
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Will any of the tasks administered have to rely on the groupnumber/groupid for between-subjects condition assignment? If yes, that'd be a problem. If not, you can use various <batch> conditions to allow for each task to be launch separately at a given participant's convenience by passing the number in via URL parameter

[code]
<batch>
/ groups = (1 of 3)
/ file = "task_a.iqx"
</batch>

<batch>
/ groups = (2 of 3)
/ file = "task_b.iqx"
</batch>

<batch>
/ groups = (3 of 3)
/ file = "task_c.iqx"
</batch>
[/code]

I.e. mili2nd.co/yourexperimentsshortcode?groupid=1 would launch Task A,
mili2nd.co/yourexperimentsshortcode?groupid=2 would launch Task B, and
mili2nd.co/yourexperimentsshortcode?groupid=1 would launch Task C in the above example.

If using the group ID is not an option, you can possibly use <batch> /sessions instead, i.e.

[code]
<batch>
/ sessions = (1 of 3)
/ file = "task_a.iqx"
</batch>

<batch>
/ sessions = (2 of 3)
/ file = "task_b.iqx"
</batch>

<batch>
/ sessions = (3 of 3)
/ file = "task_c.iqx"
</batch>
[/code]

I.e. on a given participant's first visit / session, they'd be administered Task A, in the 2nd session they'd get Task B, in the 3rd Task C. See https://www.millisecond.com/forums/Topic30719.aspx for a few more details on how /sessions work.

RE: Multiple sessions for each participant

Kambo — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 13:22:28 GMT

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[b]Dave - 2/24/2021[/b]
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[b]Kambo - 2/24/2021[/b]
Greetings,

We will use Inquisit Web for administration of a rather extensive test battery. Each sub-task needs to be completed in one session once initiated, but I would like to know if it is possible for each participant to login several times and complete the different tasks at their own time?

Cheers,

Heidi
[/quote]

This will, in part, depend on the specific tasks you are administering. Please be more specific.
[/quote]

It will e.g. be different perceptual tasks in the auditory domain, an abstract reasoning matrix etc. Scripts for the perceptual tasks will be written by us.

RE: Multiple sessions for each participant

Dave — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 13:07:54 GMT

+x[quote]

[b]Kambo - 2/24/2021[/b]
Greetings,

We will use Inquisit Web for administration of a rather extensive test battery. Each sub-task needs to be completed in one session once initiated, but I would like to know if it is possible for each participant to login several times and complete the different tasks at their own time?

Cheers,

Heidi
[/quote]

This will, in part, depend on the specific tasks you are administering. Please be more specific.