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Randomly select control items from list

Ine Van der Cruyssen — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 07:19:41 GMT

Hi everyone,

I'm running into some problems when programming my experiment.
What I want to do is that participants see a checklist with 16 items and have to check the ones that are significant to them. The ones that are checked are removed from the list and from the items that remain, we want to randomly select 4 items that will serve as control items in the experiment.
However, I have no idea how to do the last step. I don't seem to manage to randomly select 4 items (no repeat) and make them work as control items.
I would be very happy if someone could help me out.

I attached my script. The part where I'm stuck is line 376.

Thank you in advance!
All the best,
Ine

RE: Randomly select control items from list

Ine Van der Cruyssen — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 07:19:41 GMT

+x[quote]

[b]Dave - 3/7/2022[/b]
+x[quote]

[b]Ine Van der Cruyssen - 3/7/2022[/b]
Hi everyone,

I'm running into some problems when programming my experiment.
What I want to do is that participants see a checklist with 16 items and have to check the ones that are significant to them. The ones that are checked are removed from the list and from the items that remain, we want to randomly select 4 items that will serve as control items in the experiment.
However, I have no idea how to do the last step. I don't seem to manage to randomly select 4 items (no repeat) and make them work as control items.
I would be very happy if someone could help me out.

I attached my script. The part where I'm stuck is line 376.

Thank you in advance!
All the best,
Ine

[/quote]

First you need to figure out how many items are left in the item element. Use the itemcount property.
Then you need to set up a list with that many item numbers.
Then you need to sample four random item numbers from that list.

[code]<checkboxes significantLastname>
/ caption="שם פרטי:"
/ required = false
/ range = (0,12)
/ options=(    "Lastname1", "Lastname2", "Lastname3", "Lastname4", "Lastname5", "Lastname6", "Lastname7", "Lastname8",
            "Lastname9", "Lastname10", "Lastname11", "Lastname12", "Lastname13", "Lastname14", "Lastname15", "Lastname16")
</checkboxes>

<surveypage significantLastname>
/ caption = "Please check the names that are significant to you or similar to a name that is significant to you. You can pick max. 12 names."
/ questions = [1 = significantLastname]
/ fontstyle = ("Arial", 3%, false, false, false, false, 5, 1)
/ itemfontstyle = ("Arial", 3%, true, false, false, false, 5, 1)
/ responsefontstyle = ("Arial", 2.5%, false, false, false, false, 5, 1)
/ txcolor = (0, 0, 0)
/ showpagenumbers = false
/ showquestionnumbers = false
/ ontrialend = [
        if(checkboxes.significantLastname.checked.1) {
item.Lastnames.removeitem(1);
};
if(checkboxes.significantLastname.checked.2) {
item.Lastnames.removeitem(2);
};
if(checkboxes.significantLastname.checked.3) {
item.Lastnames.removeitem(3);
};
if(checkboxes.significantLastname.checked.4) {
item.Lastnames.removeitem(4);
};
     if(checkboxes.significantLastname.checked.5) {
item.Lastnames.removeitem(5);
};
     if(checkboxes.significantLastname.checked.6) {
item.Lastnames.removeitem(6);
};
     if(checkboxes.significantLastname.checked.7) {
item.Lastnames.removeitem(7);
};
     if(checkboxes.significantLastname.checked.8) {
item.Lastnames.removeitem(8);
};
     if(checkboxes.significantLastname.checked.9) {
item.Lastnames.removeitem(9);
};
     if(checkboxes.significantLastname.checked.10) {
item.Lastnames.removeitem(10);
};
     if(checkboxes.significantLastname.checked.11) {
item.Lastnames.removeitem(11);
};
     if(checkboxes.significantLastname.checked.12) {
item.Lastnames.removeitem(12);
};
     if(checkboxes.significantLastname.checked.13) {
item.Lastnames.removeitem(13);
};
     if(checkboxes.significantLastname.checked.14) {
item.Lastnames.removeitem(14);
};
     if(checkboxes.significantLastname.checked.15) {
item.Lastnames.removeitem(15);
};
     if(checkboxes.significantLastname.checked.16) {
item.Lastnames.removeitem(16);
};
]
/ ontrialend = [
    var i = 0;
    while (i < item.Lastnames.itemcount){
        i += 1;
        list.control.appenditem(i);
    };
    item.controlItems.appenditem(item.Lastnames.item(list.control.nextvalue));
    item.controlItems.appenditem(item.Lastnames.item(list.control.nextvalue));
    item.controlItems.appenditem(item.Lastnames.item(list.control.nextvalue));
    item.controlItems.appenditem(item.Lastnames.item(list.control.nextvalue));
    ]
</surveypage>

<list control>
/ selectionrate = always
</list>[/code]

[/quote]

Great!

Thank you so much!

RE: Randomly select control items from list

Dave — Mon, 07 Mar 2022 12:41:30 GMT

+x[quote]

[b]Ine Van der Cruyssen - 3/7/2022[/b]
Hi everyone,

I'm running into some problems when programming my experiment.
What I want to do is that participants see a checklist with 16 items and have to check the ones that are significant to them. The ones that are checked are removed from the list and from the items that remain, we want to randomly select 4 items that will serve as control items in the experiment.
However, I have no idea how to do the last step. I don't seem to manage to randomly select 4 items (no repeat) and make them work as control items.
I would be very happy if someone could help me out.

I attached my script. The part where I'm stuck is line 376.

Thank you in advance!
All the best,
Ine

[/quote]

First you need to figure out how many items are left in the item element. Use the itemcount property.
Then you need to set up a list with that many item numbers.
Then you need to sample four random item numbers from that list.

[code]<checkboxes significantLastname>
/ caption="שם פרטי:"
/ required = false
/ range = (0,12)
/ options=(    "Lastname1", "Lastname2", "Lastname3", "Lastname4", "Lastname5", "Lastname6", "Lastname7", "Lastname8",
            "Lastname9", "Lastname10", "Lastname11", "Lastname12", "Lastname13", "Lastname14", "Lastname15", "Lastname16")
</checkboxes>

<surveypage significantLastname>
/ caption = "Please check the names that are significant to you or similar to a name that is significant to you. You can pick max. 12 names."
/ questions = [1 = significantLastname]
/ fontstyle = ("Arial", 3%, false, false, false, false, 5, 1)
/ itemfontstyle = ("Arial", 3%, true, false, false, false, 5, 1)
/ responsefontstyle = ("Arial", 2.5%, false, false, false, false, 5, 1)
/ txcolor = (0, 0, 0)
/ showpagenumbers = false
/ showquestionnumbers = false
/ ontrialend = [
        if(checkboxes.significantLastname.checked.1) {
item.Lastnames.removeitem(1);
};
if(checkboxes.significantLastname.checked.2) {
item.Lastnames.removeitem(2);
};
if(checkboxes.significantLastname.checked.3) {
item.Lastnames.removeitem(3);
};
if(checkboxes.significantLastname.checked.4) {
item.Lastnames.removeitem(4);
};
     if(checkboxes.significantLastname.checked.5) {
item.Lastnames.removeitem(5);
};
     if(checkboxes.significantLastname.checked.6) {
item.Lastnames.removeitem(6);
};
     if(checkboxes.significantLastname.checked.7) {
item.Lastnames.removeitem(7);
};
     if(checkboxes.significantLastname.checked.8) {
item.Lastnames.removeitem(8);
};
     if(checkboxes.significantLastname.checked.9) {
item.Lastnames.removeitem(9);
};
     if(checkboxes.significantLastname.checked.10) {
item.Lastnames.removeitem(10);
};
     if(checkboxes.significantLastname.checked.11) {
item.Lastnames.removeitem(11);
};
     if(checkboxes.significantLastname.checked.12) {
item.Lastnames.removeitem(12);
};
     if(checkboxes.significantLastname.checked.13) {
item.Lastnames.removeitem(13);
};
     if(checkboxes.significantLastname.checked.14) {
item.Lastnames.removeitem(14);
};
     if(checkboxes.significantLastname.checked.15) {
item.Lastnames.removeitem(15);
};
     if(checkboxes.significantLastname.checked.16) {
item.Lastnames.removeitem(16);
};
]
/ ontrialend = [
    var i = 0;
    while (i < item.Lastnames.itemcount){
        i += 1;
        list.control.appenditem(i);
    };
    item.controlItems.appenditem(item.Lastnames.item(list.control.nextvalue));
    item.controlItems.appenditem(item.Lastnames.item(list.control.nextvalue));
    item.controlItems.appenditem(item.Lastnames.item(list.control.nextvalue));
    item.controlItems.appenditem(item.Lastnames.item(list.control.nextvalue));
    ]
</surveypage>

<list control>
/ selectionrate = always
</list>[/code]