Shortening the WCST/data interpretation


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Greetings,
Due to time constraints, I will shorten the WCST to the same length as the simplified WCST.

The default of the Simple WCST is:

<value>
/cstotaltrials = 128
/cstotalblocks = 2
/correctstreakthreshold= 4
/picsize 30%
</values>

The default of the WCST is:
<values>
/cstotaltrials = 128
/cstotalblocks = 2
/correctstreakthreshold = 10
/setmaintainthreshold = 5
/picsize = 30%
</values>

My question is, what is the setmaintainthreshold, and what should I set it to? I will set the correctstreakthreshold to 4, similar to the simple WCST.
It is defined as: Number of consecutive correct responses after which an incorrect response is scored as a "Failure to maintain Set"

What does this variable do? I do not understand the definition.

Moreover, what is the difference between TotalError, PerseverativeError and FailureMaintainSet in the summary data?

Thanks in advance. Cheers.
CA

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