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Experiment not ending

Angelina Franqueiro — Mon, 18 Apr 2022 11:12:04 GMT

Hello!

I have an experiment on Inquisit Web that doesn't end. Once participants have finished, it loops back to the consent form but not the pre-experiment instructions, which is the first page participants see). We've added in an "abort.script(true)" expression to the " /onexptend" attribute, but the problem is still occurring.

The link to the experiment is: https://mili2nd.co/as6b
Thank you for any suggestions!

Angelina

RE: Experiment not ending

Dave — Mon, 18 Apr 2022 11:12:04 GMT

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[b]Angelina Franqueiro - 4/18/2022[/b]
Also, I went through the code and fixed those specific sections. I see what you mean about the fact that <picture GendCatHappyMaleTar_stim> appeared to be selecting from the happy female images (/select = list.GendCatHappyFemaleTar_list.nextvalue), so I fixed that and did some run monkeys. The problem is still persisting though, specifically in Recall block 4D and in Recall block 1B CFD-BM-002-HC.

Thank you for your help! I'm fairly new to Inquisit coding, so the answer may be obvious but less intuitive to me.
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Those are entirely different blocks than the ones you mentioned before. Double-check everything related to those blocks then.

RE: Experiment not ending

Angelina Franqueiro — Mon, 18 Apr 2022 10:28:12 GMT

Also, I went through the code and fixed those specific sections. I see what you mean about the fact that <picture GendCatHappyMaleTar_stim> appeared to be selecting from the happy female images (/select = list.GendCatHappyFemaleTar_list.nextvalue), so I fixed that and did some run monkeys. The problem is still persisting though, specifically in Recall block 4D and in Recall block 1B CFD-BM-002-HC.

Thank you for your help! I'm fairly new to Inquisit coding, so the answer may be obvious but less intuitive to me.

RE: Experiment not ending

Angelina Franqueiro — Mon, 18 Apr 2022 01:32:42 GMT

Okay, I will carefully go through those and related sections. I also should have specified this before, but the only two images that repeat are the first item in the lists <item angry_female_stim_pics> and <item happy_male_stim_pics>

RE: Experiment not ending

Dave — Mon, 18 Apr 2022 01:10:29 GMT

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[b]Dave - 4/18/2022[/b]
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[b]Angelina Franqueiro - 4/18/2022[/b]
Thank you so much. That fixed the issue.

I'm having a similar issue with unwanted repetition, but with a few of the images instead of the entire experiment. For example, I've found that the item CFD-BM-002-011-HC.jpg appears 10 times in Block2A_gendcat, when it should only appear once. Do you know what might be causing this?

Thank you!
Angelina

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Double-check everything selection-related in your script then.
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Just glancoing over the code,stuff like this here seems wrong:

<picture GendCatHappyMaleTar_stim>
/ items = happy_male_stim_pics
/ numitems = 10
/ select = list.GendCatHappyFemaleTar_list.nextvalue
/ size = (600, 600)
/ position = (50, 50)
/ erase = true(255,255,255)
</picture>

<trial GendCatHappyMaleTar_trial>
/ validresponse = (" ")
/ correctresponse = (" ")
/ stimulustimes = [0 = fixation;
1000 = blank, GendCatHappyMaleTar_stim;
1200 = blank, respondcue]
/ beginresponsetime = 1000
/ timeout = 2200
</trial>

RE: Experiment not ending

Dave — Mon, 18 Apr 2022 00:58:29 GMT

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[b]Angelina Franqueiro - 4/18/2022[/b]
Thank you so much. That fixed the issue.

I'm having a similar issue with unwanted repetition, but with a few of the images instead of the entire experiment. For example, I've found that the item CFD-BM-002-011-HC.jpg appears 10 times in Block2A_gendcat, when it should only appear once. Do you know what might be causing this?

Thank you!
Angelina

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Double-check everything selection-related in your script then.

RE: Experiment not ending

Angelina Franqueiro — Mon, 18 Apr 2022 00:54:10 GMT

Thank you so much. That fixed the issue.

I'm having a similar issue with unwanted repetition, but with a few of the images instead of the entire experiment. For example, I've found that the item CFD-BM-002-011-HC.jpg appears 10 times in Block2A_gendcat, when it should only appear once. Do you know what might be causing this?

Thank you!
Angelina

RE: Experiment not ending

Dave — Sun, 17 Apr 2022 23:29:36 GMT

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[b]Angelina Franqueiro - 4/17/2022[/b]
Hello!

I have an experiment on Inquisit Web that doesn't end. Once participants have finished, it loops back to the consent form but not the pre-experiment instructions, which is the first page participants see). We've added in an "abort.script(true)" expression to the " /onexptend" attribute, but the problem is still occurring.

The link to the experiment is: https://mili2nd.co/as6b
Thank you for any suggestions!

Angelina
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You misunderstand how sequence() works:

This here

/ blocks = [1-11=sequence( consent_form_block, practice_GC_block_femaleTarget,
Block1A_gendcat, Recall_block1B,
practice_GC_block_femaleTarget, Block4C_gendcat, Recall_block4D,
happy_final_block, RSSurvey_block, demographics_block, endquestions)]

means run the entire sequence defined -- from block consent_form_block to block endquestions -- a total of 11 times.

It simply ought to be

/ blocks = [1=sequence( consent_form_block, practice_GC_block_femaleTarget,
Block1A_gendcat, Recall_block1B,
practice_GC_block_femaleTarget, Block4C_gendcat, Recall_block4D,
happy_final_block, RSSurvey_block, demographics_block, endquestions)]

if you want to run that sequence of blocks only once.