Hello,
I am currently working on a script where participants rate text stimuli on a Likert scale and am fairly unfamiliar with the language used in Inquisit and coding in general. In this experiment, there are 150 words that are presented across 10 experimental blocks (15 words per block). 75 of the 150 words are unique words which have been defined in the script as an item ("text2"); 25 other unique words will be presented 3x throughout the duration of the experiment and are written as 3 separate items containing the same content ("A11-A13"), making up the other 75/150 trials. The goal is to have the 25 repeated words presented each 1 time during the first 3 blocks (A11), another time during the next 4 blocks (A12), and then one final time during the final 3 blocks (A13). The other trials in each of these blocks should be randomly selected from the item containing the 75 unique words (text2), in such a way that words are not replaced, not repeated and the reset interval = 0 across blocks. The issue I am running into is that I cannot get two separate items to be used in each text (only "text2" words are used), and I cannot get the repetitions in presentation of the 25 words to match the experimental design I am aiming for when the are included. I did try to use a counter command to reset the interval at 0, but could not accurately write this command.
I have included the script below, which has been adapted from a previously used experiment:
<defaults>
/ font = ("Garamond", -19, 700, 0, 18)
/ txcolor = (0, 0, 0)
/ validkeys = ("a" "5" " " "*" "m" "+")
</defaults>
<data>
/columns =[date time subject blocknum trialnum trialcode response
latency stimulusnumber stimulusnumber stimulus stimulus stimulus]
/labels=true
/format=tab
</data>
<expt>
/ preinstructions = (expt_intro, expt_intro2)
/ blocks = [1=list1; 2=list2; 3=list3; 4=list4; 5=list5; 6=list6; 7=list7;
8=list8; 9=list9; 10=list10]
/ postinstructions = (expt_end)
</expt>
<block list1>
/ trials = [1 = nextlist; 2-16 = words1]
</block>
<block list2>
/ trials = [1 = nextlist; 2-16 = words1]
</block>
<block list3>
/ trials = [1 = nextlist; 2-16 = words1]
</block>
<block list4>
/ trials = [1 = nextlist; 2-16 = words2]
</block>
<block list5>
/ trials = [1 = nextlist; 2-16 = words2]
</block>
<block list6>
/ trials = [1 = nextlist; 2-16 = words2]
</block>
<block list7>
/ trials = [1 = nextlist; 2-16 = words2]
</block>
<block list8>
/ trials = [1 = nextlist; 2-16 = words3]
</block>
<block list9>
/ trials = [1 = nextlist; 2-16 = words3]
</block>
<block list10>
/ trials = [1 = nextlist; 2-16 = words3]
</block>
<text word1>
/ numitems = 25 (item.A11)
/ numitems = 20 (item.text2)
/ items = A11
/ items = text2
/ select = noreplacenorepeat
/ resetinterval = 0
/ font = ("Garamond", -64, 700, 0, 18)
</text>
<text word2>
/ numitems = 25 (item.A12)
/ numitems = 20 (item.text2)
/ items = A12
/ items = text2
/ select = noreplacenorepeat
/ resetinterval = 0
/ font = ("Garamond", -64, 700, 0, 18)
</text>
<text word3>
/ numitems = 25 (item.A13)
/ numitems = 20 (item.text2)
/ items = A13
/ items = text2
/ select = noreplacenorepeat
/ resetinterval = 0
/ font = ("Garamond", -64, 700, 0, 18)
</text>
<text next>
/ numitems = 1
/ items = nextitem
/ select = serial
/ font = ("Garamond", -35, 700, 0, 18)
</text>
<item nextitem>
/ 1 = "Press space bar when you are ready to begin again"
</item>
<item A11>
/ 1 = "boy"
/ 2 = "arm"
/ 3 = "tree"
/ 4 = "glass"
/ 5 = "stage"
/ 6 = "fish"
/ 7 = "coach"
/ 8 = "hole"
/ 9 = "flight"
/ 10 = "pair"
/ 11 = "belle"
/ 12 = "earth"
/ 13 = "soil"
/ 14 = "cloud"
/ 15 = "milk"
/ 16 = "phase"
/ 17 = "flag"
/ 18 = "string"
/ 19 = "tribe"
/ 20 = "glove"
/ 21 = "norm"
/ 22 = "wrist"
/ 23 = "hay"
/ 24 = "nest"
/ 25 = "breeze"
</item>
<item A12>
/ 1 = "boy"
/ 2 = "arm"
/ 3 = "tree"
/ 4 = "glass"
/ 5 = "stage"
/ 6 = "fish"
/ 7 = "coach"
/ 8 = "hole"
/ 9 = "flight"
/ 10 = "pair"
/ 11 = "belle"
/ 12 = "earth"
/ 13 = "soil"
/ 14 = "cloud"
/ 15 = "milk"
/ 16 = "phase"
/ 17 = "flag"
/ 18 = "string"
/ 19 = "tribe"
/ 20 = "glove"
/ 21 = "norm"
/ 22 = "wrist"
/ 23 = "hay"
/ 24 = "nest"
/ 25 = "breeze"
</item>
<item A13>
/ 1 = "boy"
/ 2 = "arm"
/ 3 = "tree"
/ 4 = "glass"
/ 5 = "stage"
/ 6 = "fish"
/ 7 = "coach"
/ 8 = "hole"
/ 9 = "flight"
/ 10 = "pair"
/ 11 = "belle"
/ 12 = "earth"
/ 13 = "soil"
/ 14 = "cloud"
/ 15 = "milk"
/ 16 = "phase"
/ 17 = "flag"
/ 18 = "string"
/ 19 = "tribe"
/ 20 = "glove"
/ 21 = "norm"
/ 22 = "wrist"
/ 23 = "hay"
/ 24 = "nest"
/ 25 = "breeze"
</item>
<item text2>
/ 1 = "fell"
/ 2 = "dough"
/ 3 = "town"
/ 4 = "class"
/ 5 = "son"
/ 6 = "type"
/ 7 = "steam"
/ 8 = "whale"
/ 9 = "goal"
/ 10 = "site"
/ 11 = "wall"
/ 12 = "store"
/ 13 = "sum"
/ 14 = "chin"
/ 15 = "barn"
/ 16 = "base"
/ 17 = "chance"
/ 18 = "board"
/ 19 = "skin"
/ 20 = "nail"
/ 21 = "skirt"
/ 22 = "brain"
/ 23 = "page"
/ 24 = "staff"
/ 25 = "band"
/ 26 = "brick"
/ 27 = "log"
/ 28 = "key"
/ 29 = "leg"
/ 30 = "firm"
/ 31 = "fat"
/ 32 = "mall"
/ 33 = "pitch"
/ 34 = "male"
/ 35 = "style"
/ 36 = "bag"
/ 37 = "snow"
/ 38 = "fur"
/ 39 = "lawn"
/ 40 = "length"
/ 41 = "task"
/ 42 = "turn"
/ 43 = "grass"
/ 44 = "gear"
/ 45 = "port"
/ 46 = "sand"
/ 47 = "stone"
/ 48 = "farm"
/ 49 = "belt"
/ 50 = "wire"
/ 51 = "moon"
/ 52 = "bell"
/ 53 = "title"
/ 54 = "bone"
/ 55 = "net"
/ 56 = "tea"
/ 57 = "iron"
/ 58 = "cow"
/ 59 = "front"
/ 60 = "pool"
/ 61 = "rail"
/ 62 = "dish"
/ 63 = "hill"
/ 64 = "cheese"
/ 65 = "pen"
/ 66 = "cover"
/ 67 = "map"
/ 68 = "clerk"
/ 69 = "chain"
/ 70 = "tank"
/ 71 = "drum"
/ 72 = "root"
/ 73 = "shirt"
/ 74 = "jar"
/ 75 = "trash"
</item>
<trial nextlist>
/ stimulustimes = [0=next]
/ response = timeout(5000)
/ validresponse = (" ", 28)
</trial>
<likert words1>
/ stimulustimes = [0= word1]
/ numpoints = 7
/ anchors = [1="x"; 7="y"]
/ anchorwidth = 140px
/ fontstyle = ("Georgia", -19, false, false, false, false, 5, 0)
/ position = (50, 70)
/ mouse = true
/ response = timeout(5000000)
/ posttrialpause = 750
</likert>
<likert words2>
/ stimulustimes = [0= word2]
/ numpoints = 7
/ anchors = [1="x"; 7="y"]
/ anchorwidth = 140px
/ fontstyle = ("Georgia", -19, false, false, false, false, 5, 0)
/ position = (50, 70)
/ mouse = true
/ response = timeout(5000000)
/ posttrialpause = 750
</likert>
<likert words3>
/ stimulustimes = [0= word3]
/ numpoints = 7
/ anchors = [1="x"; 7="y"]
/ anchorwidth = 140px
/ fontstyle = ("Georgia", -19, false, false, false, false, 5, 0)
/ position = (50, 70)
/ mouse = true
/ response = timeout(5000000)
/ posttrialpause = 750
</likert>
<instruct>
/ nextkey = (" ")
/ nextlabel = ("Space-Bar >>")
/ prevkey = ("a")
/ prevlabel = ("<< B")
/ font = ("Garamond", -24, 700, 0, 18)
</instruct>
<page expt_intro>
Instructions.
</page>
<page expt_intro2>
More instructions.
</page>
<page expt_end>
This concludes this experimental session. Please see the experimenter for further instructions
</page>