Shortening the Task


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lizbethk
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I find that my participants are getting fatigued and begin to lose focus about halfway through the task, which is problematic from a data integrity standpoint. I have taken a look at the script and can't seem to figure out how to reduce the number of trials to make the task run for a shorter length of time. Can anyone help me figure out what to modify in the script to do so? Thanks a million
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Which script are you referring to?

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The Automated OSPAN script available here,
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To shorten that particular task, simply remove items from the set-size <list> elements:

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    Set Sizes for Letter Practice Phase
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<list PracLetterSetSize>
/ items = (2,2,3,3)
/ selectionmode = sequence
/ selectionrate = trial
</list>

**************************************************************************************************************
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    Set Sizes for Letter & Math Practice Phase
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<list PracBothSetSize>
/ items = (2,2,2)
/ selectionmode = sequence
/ selectionrate = trial
</list>

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    Set Sizes for Letter & Math Test Phase
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<list TestBothSetSize>
/ items = (3,3,3,4,4,4,5,5,5,6,6,6,7,7,7)
</list>

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Ah, wonderful! Thanks very much
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