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Makes sense. Thank you.

A <surveypage> is a kind of <trial>. That trial needs to be run by a block (a <block> or <survey> element). That block needs to be run by the <expt>.

<picture mypicture>
/ items = pictureitems
/ select = sequence
/ size = (100%, 100%)
</picture>

<item pictureitems>
/ 1 = "image01.jpg"
/ 2 = "image02.jpg"
/ 3 = "image03.jpg"
/ 4 = "image04.jpg"
/ 5 = "image05.jpg"
/ 6 = "image06.jpg"
/ 7 = "image07.jpg"
/ 8 = "image08.jpg"
/ 9 = "image09.jpg"
/ 10 = "image10.jpg"
/ 11 = "image11.jpg"
/ 12 = "image12.jpg"
/ 13 = "image13.jpg"
/ 14 = "image14.jpg"
/ 15 = "image15.jpg"
/ 16 = "image16.jpg"
/ 17 = "image17.jpg"
/ 18 = "image18.jpg"
/ 19 = "image19.jpg"
/ 20 = "image20.jpg"
</item>

// press y or n
<trial showpicture>
/ ontrialend = [
    values.pictrialnumber += 1;
    values.picitem = picture.mypicture.currentitem;
    values.picdescription = "";
    values.picdescriptionlatency = "";
    values.showpiclatency = trial.showpicture.latency;
]
/ ontrialend = [if(trial.showpicture.correct) values.showpicresponse = "y" else values.showpicresponse = "n"]
/ stimulusframes = [1=mypicture]
/ validresponse = ("y", "n")
/ correctresponse = ("y")
/ recorddata = false
</trial>

// skip openended if answer in showpicture trial was wrong (= "n"; no, did not see anything)
<openended typeanswer>
/ skip = [trial.showpicture.error]
/ ontrialend = [
    values.picdescription = openended.typeanswer.response;
    values.picdescriptionlatency = openended.typeanswer.latency;
]
/ stimulusframes = [1=typeprompt]
/ size = (70%, 40%)
/ position = (50%, 70%)
/ multiline = true
/ charlimit = 10000
/ recorddata = false
</openended>

// record data for the two above elements in a single line
<trial picdata>
/ recorddata = true
/ trialduration = 0
/ validresponse = (0)
</trial>

<text typeprompt>
/ items = ("Please describe what you saw:")
/ position = (50%, 20%)
</text>

<block picblock>
/ trials = [1-20 = sequence(showpicture, typeanswer, picdata)]
</block>

<block emoblock>
/ trials = [1=emopage; 2=genderpage]
</block>

<surveypage emopage>
/ ontrialend = [values.emostate = dropdown.emoquestion.response]
/ questions = [1=emoquestion]
/ showpagenumbers = false
/ showquestionnumbers = false
</surveypage>

<dropdown emoquestion>
/ caption = "Your current emotional state:"
/ options = ("bad", "neutral", "good")
</dropdown>

<surveypage genderpage>
/ ontrialend = [values.gender = dropdown.genderquestion.response]
/ questions = [1=genderquestion]
/ showpagenumbers = false
/ showquestionnumbers = false
</surveypage>

<dropdown genderquestion>
/ caption = "Gender:"
/ options = ("Male", "Female")
</dropdown>

<expt>
/ preinstructions = (intro)
/ blocks = [1=emoblock; 2=picblock]
</expt>

<page intro>
^intro goes here.
</page>

<values>
/ pictrialnumber = 0
/ picitem = ""
/ showpicresponse = ""
/ showpiclatency = ""
/ picdescription = ""
/ picdescriptionlatency = ""
/ emostate = ""
/ gender = ""
</values>

<data>
/ columns = [date, time, subject, group, blocknum, blockcode, trialnum, trialcode, values.emostate, values.gender, values.pictrialnumber, values.showpiclatency, values.showpicresponse,
    values.picitem, values.picdescription, values.picdescriptionlatency]
</data>

I tried adding another survey

<surveypage genderpage>
/ ontrialend = [values.emostate = dropdown.emoquestion.response]
/ questions = [1=genderquestion]
/ showpagenumbers = false
/ showquestionnumbers = false
</surveypage>

<dropdown genderquestion>
/ caption = "Gender:"
/ options = ("Male", "Female")
</dropdown>

But when I run it, nothing appears. Any clue why?

In the same way as the emotional state is collected. To keep things simple, just add the gender question to the already existing surveypage. For an introduction to the various survey features, see the survey tutorial in the documentation: https://www.millisecond.com/support/docs/v4/html/tutorials/demographic_survey/surveytutorial.htm

Ah, thanks for the info. Great help.

I tried adding an additional survey to collect the gender, but I can't make it work and I don't find anything in the help documentation. Any idea how I would do that?

> Managed to make that work. Is there any way to collect these answers horizontally for each subject.

No. You will need to restructure the data using e.g SPSS. See e.g. http://www.tqmp.org/RegularArticles/vol02-1/p020/index.html

> Also, can I get the results to be associated with 0 for no and 1 for yes?

Yes, change

// press y or n
<trial showpicture>
/ ontrialend = [
    values.pictrialnumber += 1;
    values.picitem = picture.mypicture.currentitem;
    values.picdescription = "";
    values.picdescriptionlatency = "";
    values.showpiclatency = trial.showpicture.latency;
]
/ ontrialend = [if(trial.showpicture.correct) values.showpicresponse = "y" else values.showpicresponse = "n"]
/ stimulusframes = [1=mypicture]
/ validresponse = ("y", "n")
/ correctresponse = ("y")
/ recorddata = false
</trial>

to
// press y or n
<trial showpicture>
/ ontrialend = [
    values.pictrialnumber += 1;
    values.picitem = picture.mypicture.currentitem;
    values.picdescription = "";
    values.picdescriptionlatency = "";
    values.showpiclatency = trial.showpicture.latency;
]
/ ontrialend = [if(trial.showpicture.correct) values.showpicresponse = 1 else values.showpicresponse = 0]
/ stimulusframes = [1=mypicture]
/ validresponse = ("y", "n")
/ correctresponse = ("y")
/ recorddata = false
</trial>

Managed to make that work. Is there any way to collect these answers horizontally for each subject, so I can have the vertical dimension reserved for separate subjects? Also, can I get the results to be associated with 0 for no and 1 for yes? I've been searching in the documentation, but I haven't found anything.

Thank you.

This hepled a lot. Thank you. I'm getting an error message saying "Invalid expression trialnu". I'm guessing it has something to do with

/ columns = [date, time, subject, group, blocknum, blockcode, trialnu, trialcode, ?

For the briefing page set up a <page> element and display it via an <expt>'s /preinstructions.

For the emotional state question, set up a <surveypage> with a <dropdown>, put the page in a <block>, run the now two <block>s via the <expt>.

<picture mypicture>
/ items = pictureitems
/ select = sequence
/ size = (100%, 100%)
</picture>

<item pictureitems>
/ 1 = "image01.jpg"
/ 2 = "image02.jpg"
/ 3 = "image03.jpg"
/ 4 = "image04.jpg"
/ 5 = "image05.jpg"
/ 6 = "image06.jpg"
/ 7 = "image07.jpg"
/ 8 = "image08.jpg"
/ 9 = "image09.jpg"
/ 10 = "image10.jpg"
/ 11 = "image11.jpg"
/ 12 = "image12.jpg"
/ 13 = "image13.jpg"
/ 14 = "image14.jpg"
/ 15 = "image15.jpg"
/ 16 = "image16.jpg"
/ 17 = "image17.jpg"
/ 18 = "image18.jpg"
/ 19 = "image19.jpg"
/ 20 = "image20.jpg"
</item>

// press y or n
<trial showpicture>
/ ontrialend = [
    values.pictrialnumber += 1;
    values.picitem = picture.mypicture.currentitem;
    values.picdescription = "";
    values.picdescriptionlatency = "";
    values.showpiclatency = trial.showpicture.latency;
]
/ ontrialend = [if(trial.showpicture.correct) values.showpicresponse = "y" else values.showpicresponse = "n"]
/ stimulusframes = [1=mypicture]
/ validresponse = ("y", "n")
/ correctresponse = ("y")
/ recorddata = false
</trial>

// skip openended if answer in showpicture trial was wrong (= "n"; no, did not see anything)
<openended typeanswer>
/ skip = [trial.showpicture.error]
/ ontrialend = [
    values.picdescription = openended.typeanswer.response;
    values.picdescriptionlatency = openended.typeanswer.latency;
]
/ stimulusframes = [1=typeprompt]
/ size = (70%, 40%)
/ position = (50%, 70%)
/ multiline = true
/ charlimit = 10000
/ recorddata = false
</openended>

// record data for the two above elements in a single line
<trial picdata>
/ recorddata = true
/ trialduration = 0
/ validresponse = (0)
</trial>

<text typeprompt>
/ items = ("Please describe what you saw:")
/ position = (50%, 20%)
</text>

<block picblock>
/ trials = [1-20 = sequence(showpicture, typeanswer, picdata)]
</block>

<block emoblock>
/ trials = [1=emopage]
</block>

<surveypage emopage>
/ ontrialend = [values.emostate = dropdown.emoquestion.response]
/ questions = [1=emoquestion]
/ showpagenumbers = false
/ showquestionnumbers = false
</surveypage>

<dropdown emoquestion>
/ caption = "Your current emotional state:"
/ options = ("bad", "neutral", "good")
</dropdown>


<expt>
/ preinstructions = (intro)
/ blocks = [1=emoblock; 2=picblock]
</expt>

<page intro>
^intro goes here.
</page>

<values>
/ pictrialnumber = 0
/ picitem = ""
/ showpicresponse = ""
/ showpiclatency = ""
/ picdescription = ""
/ picdescriptionlatency = ""
/ emostate = ""
</values>

<data>
/ columns = [date, time, subject, group, blocknum, blockcode, trialnu, trialcode, values.emostate, values.pictrialnumber, values.showpiclatency, values.showpicresponse,
    values.picitem, values.picdescription, values.picdescriptionlatency]
</data>

You will find most of those basics -- setting up trials, blocks, expts, instruction pages, survey questions, etc. -- covered in the tutorials in the Inquisit documentation. I recommend you give those a look if you haven't done so yet.

Ah, this is perfect. Thank you so much.

I just need a briefing intro page and after that, before the images are displayed, a drop down/bulletpoint list with 3 entries asking the participants what their emotional state at the time of the testing is (bad/neutral/good) and that would be everything. How would I do that?

Thanks again and have a great weekend.