Investment task


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Hello,

In the attached investment task, a participant will have an initial amount of 1000£. For the first 10 trials (or days, "hold trials") they can just "hold" the share. From trial (or day) 11 to 40 they can choose ("choice trials") if sell it or hold it. If they sell the share the block will end and they will go to the next of the 9 blocks of the first part of the experiment. 
Once they finish the first part of the experiment, after a break they will start the second part of the experiment.

There will be 4 possible experiments, that corresponds to different couples of set of trials.
I have introduced an openended trial that I would like to use to start ExperimentA if the letter "a" is entered (that will run set A and then set B), ExperimentC if the letter "c" is entered (that will run set C and then set D), and so on.
The 4 possible couple of sets are: A-B, C-D, E-F, G-H.
Each part of experiment ("tdcs" or "control") corresponds to a set. Each part of the experiment consists of 3 blocks for each of the 3 conditions (=Flat, Loss, Gain), so each set (or part of the experiment = "tdcs" or "control") will run 9 blocks. 
Each block will run max40 trials (10 hold trials + >=1-30 choice trials).

The 9 blocks of the first part will be randomly selected within the first set (e.g., set A). Differently, I would like the 9 blocks of second part of the experiment to follow the same sequence of the first part (e.g.:
ExperimentA:
- Set A (t-dcs part):
      1. Loss_(block nr 3);
      2. Flat_(block nr 2);
      3. Gain_(block nr 2);
      4. Loss_(block nr 1);
      5. Gain_(block nr 3);
      6. Loss_(block nr 2);
      7. Flat_(block nr 3);
      8. Gain_(block nr 1);
      9. Flat_(block nr 1);
- Set B (control part): 
      1. Loss_(block nr 3);
      2. Flat_(block nr 2);
      3. Gain_(block nr 2);
      4. Loss_(block nr 1);
      5. Gain_(block nr 3);
      6. Loss_(block nr 2);
      7. Flat_(block nr 3);
      8. Gain_(block nr 1);
      9. Flat_(block nr 1);
)

The stimuli are in the Copy of StimulyProgram xlsx file. Do I need to copy all of them? I have just copied the first set and created the correspondent block for it, but it is not a very efficient way to do it.
Is there way to write just the same trials/block and upload different series of stimuli rather than create a different block script for block (E.g. Block_AFlat_1 for the block Flat_1 in the setA)?
Would it be then possible to save in the data in a format that save all the 40 items per block even if the block finishes at trial number 36 for example?

Any suggestion on how to do?



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Investment Task.iqx (784 views, 16.00 KB)
Copy of StimuliforProgram(1).xlsx (476 views, 26.00 KB)
Sell_ON.png (719 views, 4.00 KB)
Hold_OFF.png (705 views, 4.00 KB)
Hold_ON.png (725 views, 4.00 KB)
Sell_OFF.png (760 views, 4.00 KB)
Next_Stock.png (731 views, 5.00 KB)
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