I am using the slider element in my Inquisit script to get some participant ratings. I was wondering if there was any way to force the slider itself (i.e. the part you move to indicate your response on the scale) to start in the "0" position? At this point, the survey opens with the slider at the midpoint of the scale. In the example below it is not a HUGE issue, but is is when I have an a 'range' of 1-4, and the slider is automatically positioned at 3 (which could would bias responses).
<slider Lazy>
/ caption = "Lazy:"
/fontstyle = ("Ariel", 16, true, false, false, false, 5, 0)
/labels = ("Not at all", "Extremely")
/ range = (0, 100)
/ increment = 10
/ slidersize = (50, 5)
/ showtooltips = true
/ required = false
</slider>
<slider Sloppy>
/ caption = "Sloppy:"
/fontstyle = ("Ariel", 16, true, false, false, false, 5, 0)
/labels = ("Not at all", "Extremely")
/ range = (0, 100)
/ increment = 10
/ slidersize = (50, 5)
/ showtooltips = true
/ required = false
</slider>
<slider Motivated>
/ caption = "Motivated:"
/fontstyle = ("Ariel", 16, true, false, false, false, 5, 0)
/labels = ("Not at all", "Extremely")
/ range = (0, 100)
/ increment = 10
/ slidersize = (50, 5)
/ showtooltips = true
/ required = false
</slider>
<slider PPH>
/ caption = "Poor personal hygeine:"
/fontstyle = ("Ariel", 16, true, false, false, false, 5, 0)
/labels = ("Not at all", "Extremely")
/ range = (0, 100)
/ increment = 10
/ slidersize = (50, 5)
/ showtooltips = true
/ required = false
</slider>
<slider OverIndulgent>
/ caption = "Over-indulgent:"
/fontstyle = ("Ariel", 16, true, false, false, false, 5, 0)
/labels = ("Not at all", "Extremely")
/ range = (0, 100)
/ increment = 10
/ slidersize = (50, 5)
/ showtooltips = true
/ required = false
</slider>
<slider SelfDisciplined>
/ caption = "Self-disciplined:"
/fontstyle = ("Ariel", 16, true, false, false, false, 5, 0)
/labels = ("Not at all", "Extremely")
/ range = (0, 100)
/ increment = 10
/ slidersize = (50, 5)
/ showtooltips = true
/ required = false
</slider>
<surveypage NOS>
/caption = "Please indicate the extent to which you the believe each of the following characteristics describes the patient by moving the markers to the appropriate places on the lines below:"
/ fontstyle = ("Ariel", 20, true, false, false, false, 5, 0)
/ questions = [1=Lazy; 2=Sloppy; 3=Motivated; 4=PPH; 5=OverIndulgent; 6=SelfDisciplined]
/ response = free
</surveypage>
<survey NOSSurvey>
/ pages = [1=NOS]
/ itemspacing = 2%
/ response = anyresponse
/ recorddata = true
/ showpagenumbers = false
/ showquestionnumbers = false
/ nextbuttonposition = (90,90)
</survey>
I would also like to know if there is a way to present an image for a specific amount of time (e.g., 4 seconds), and then once that time has elapsed, to have some text automatically appear on the
same page as the image (this might be to vague for anyone to answer) - I've been looking into it, but have been unsuccessful so far.
Thank you for any help!
Jo