Block timeout including preinstructions?

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cbuehler	cbuehler posted 12 Years Ago Topic Details Share Topic
Group: Forum Members Posts: 2, Visits: 1	I am having the following problem: I have a block with preinstructions, trials and a timeout. The timeout is set to 90 seconds. According to the documentation, this time should not include the time spent on the instruction pages. But measuring with a watch shows that the timeout occurs after 90 seconds including the time spent on the preinstructions. Is this a bug in Inquisit or am I doing something wrong?
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Dave	Dave posted 12 Years Ago ANSWER Post Details Share Post
Group: Administrators Posts: 13K, Visits: 108K	The timeout is set to 90 seconds. According to the documentation, this time should not include the time spent on the instruction pages. This is correct, AFAIK. In other words: This sounds like there may be a bug involved. As a workaround, you should be able to put the instruction <page>s in separate <block>s and then run stuff sequentially: <expt> / blocks = [1=instrblock; 2=myblock] </expt> <block instrblock> / preinstructions = (mypage) </block> <block myblock> / timeout = 10000 / trials = [1=mytrial] </block> <page mypage> bla </page> <trial mytrial> / validresponse = (57) </trial>
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cbuehler	cbuehler posted 12 Years Ago ANSWER Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 2, Visits: 1	Thanks, it works now! :)
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