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random selection of different sequences of primes within one block

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juliane_d	juliane_d posted 11 Years Ago Topic Details Share Topic
Group: Forum Members Posts: 12, Visits: 39	Hi there, I am programming an experiment in which two different sequences of trials are presented within one block in random order (and different frequencies). Instead of this: /trials = [1-16 = sequence(fixtrial1, primetrial); 17-24 = sequence(fixtrial2, detection) which presents the first sequence of 2 trials 16 times and the second 8 times afterwards, I would like to actually do something like this: /trials = [1-24 = random(sequence(fixtrial1, primetrial), sequence(fixtrial1, primetrial), sequence(fixtrial2, detection); which obviously does not work. Meaning that 2/3 of trial sequences within the block should be sequence(fixtrial1, primetrial); randomly interspersed by 1/3 of the sequence (fixtrial2, detection). Is there an easy way to do this? As always, any help would be much appreciated! thanks, Juliane
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Dave	Dave posted 11 Years Ago ANSWER Post Details Share Post
Group: Administrators Posts: 13K, Visits: 108K	> Is there an easy way to do this? Yes, several actually. The easiest in your case: - /branch from <trial fixtrial1> to <trial primetrial> - /branch from <trial fixtrial2> to <trial detection> - sample only the fixtrials (1,2) at the <block> level in the desired proportions <trial fixtrial1> [...] / branch = [trial.primetrial] </trials> <trial fixtrial2> [...] / branch = [trial.detection] </trials> <block someblock> / trials = [1-24=noreplace(fixtrial1, fixtrial1, fixtrial2)] [...] </block>
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juliane_d	juliane_d posted 11 Years Ago ANSWER Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 12, Visits: 39	Hi Dave Thanks for the quick and super helpful response. It works just fine! Cheers, Juliane
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