Hi all,
I am a first time user of Inquisit, and am trying to program a study that displays a list of eight variables/questions (strong and weak), that are selected at random so the list is different for every participant. So for each variable, I have created an item that contains both the strong version and the weak version of that variable, and trial with each of the variables as the stimulus frames. What I am trying to achieve is that a participant is presented with a list containing randomised versions of the variables (so they could be presented with three strong and five weak variables, or six strong and two weak variables, and so forth), however I cannot get it to work. Please let me know if I am missing something in my script or if I have programmed something incorrectly. Thank you!
Here is my script (I have replaced the questions with just 'strong' or 'weak' for simplicity here, because they are quite long).
<parameters>
/taskduration = 300000
/timereminder = 60000
</parameters>
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STRONG AND WEAK VARIABLES (Ordered 1. Strong 2. Weak)
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<item ArrayPrior>
/1 = "Strong version"
/2 = "Weak version."
</item>
<item ArrayField>
/1 = "Strong version"/2 = "Weak version."</item>
<item ArraySpecialty>
/1 = "Strong version"
/2 = "Weak version."
</item>
<item ArrayAbility>
/1 = "Strong version"
/2 = "Weak version."
</item>
<item ArrayOpinion>
/1 = "Strong version"
/2 = "Weak version."
</item>
<item ArrayBackedUp>
/1 = "Strong version"
/2 = "Weak version."
</item>
<item ArrayConsistent>
/1 = "Strong version"
/2 = "Weak version."
</item>
<item ArrayTrustworthiness>
/1 = "Strong version"
/2 = "Weak version."
</item>
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STIMULI
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<text Q1>
/ items = ArrayPrior
/ select = replace
/ fontstyle = ("Arial", 5%, false, false, false, false, 5, 1)
/ txcolor = black
/ position = (30%, 50%)
</text>
<text Q2>
/ items = ArrayField
/ select = replace
/ fontstyle = ("Arial", 5%, false, false, false, false, 5, 1)
/ txcolor = black
/ position = (35%, 50%)
</text>
<text Q3>
/ items = ArraySpecialty
/ select = replace
/ fontstyle = ("Arial", 5%, false, false, false, false, 5, 1)
/ txcolor = black
/ position = (40%, 50%)
</text>
<text Q4>
/ items = ArrayAbility
/ select = replace
/ fontstyle = ("Arial", 5%, false, false, false, false, 5, 1)
/ txcolor = black
/ position = (45%, 50%)
</text>
<text Q5>
/ items = ArrayOpinion
/ select = replace
/ fontstyle = ("Arial", 5%, false, false, false, false, 5, 1)
/ txcolor = black
/ position = (50%, 50%)
</text>
<text Q6>
/ items = ArrayBackedUp
/ select = replace
/ fontstyle = ("Arial", 5%, false, false, false, false, 5, 1)
/ txcolor = black
/ position = (55%, 50%)
</text>
<text Q7>
/ items = ArrayConsistent
/ select = replace
/ fontstyle = ("Arial", 5%, false, false, false, false, 5, 1)
/ txcolor = black
/ position = (60%, 50%)
</text>
<text Q8>
/ items = ArrayTrustworthiness
/ select = replace
/ fontstyle = ("Arial", 5%, false, false, false, false, 5, 1)
/ txcolor = black
/ position = (65%, 50%)
</text>
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INSTRUCTIONS
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<instruct>
/ fontstyle = ("Arial", 5%, false, false, false, false, 5, 1)
/ txcolor = black
/ inputdevice = mouse
</instruct>
<page instructions01>
^Instructions text.
^^More instructions text.
^^You will then be asked to answer some questions about the report. Feel free to re-read the report as much as necessary to answer the questions.
</page>
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LIST
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Randomised report of all arrays - selected randomly with replacement.
Selection is random with replacement for 350 trials total.
<list randomreport>
/ items = (
item.ArrayPrior, item.ArrayField, item.ArraySpecialty, item.ArrayOpinion, item.ArrayBackedUp, item.ArrayConsistent, item.ArrayTrustworthiness)
/ resetinterval = 0
/ poolsize = 14
/ selectionmode = random
</list>
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TRIALS
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<trial randomise_arrays>
/ stimulusframes = [1 = Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4, Q5, Q6, Q7, Q8]
/ validresponse = (noresponse)
/ trialduration = 20
/ recorddata = false
</trial>