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toscanafinke - 10/31/2020

I'm currently using the crossmodalpriming.iqx that I downloaded off of Inquisit online. I'm trying to modify it so that instead of any priming, the script would show one of two images randomly with one of 3 categories of auditory stimulus. Each participant will only get one category of auditory stimulus by random. I'm having issues with how the trials, blocks, and experiments are set up currently and how to adjust them to fit my purposes. Any help would be much appreciated since I'm brand new to coding and Inquisit!

Your description is too vague and the question too broad to be answered with any kind of specifity. Since you are new to Inquisit, I'd recommend you start by working through the tutorials:

https://www.millisecond.com/support/docs/v6/html/tutorials/tutorials.htm

That should help you make sense of a script's basic structure and the fundamental syntax constructs, and enable you to either (a) better make sense of the existing script you are trying to adapt, or (b) begin building the procedure you want from scratch. Note that (b) is often the preferable option and ends up being less diffcult and cleaner than trying to make an existing script do sonmething it wasn't designed to do.

I'll be happy to try and answer specific questions or point you in the right direction and existing examples.

How can I assign only one of the three conditions to a participant and have the program randomly assign the condition?

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toscanafinke - 10/31/2020

How can I assign only one of the three conditions to a participant and have the program randomly assign the condition?

That entirely depends on how the "conditions" are coded and set up to begin with, so this is again too unspecific to answer.

I'm now trying to create my script from scratch and I'm having issues with my instructions being recognized. I'm currently trying to create blocks, but I got an error message saying "Could not locate element 'intro'."

<block tones>
/ bgstim = (LeftCat, RightCat)
/ trials = [1 = instro;2 = tones]
/ recorddata = truehj
</block>

I have a page for my intro, so how do I make sure that that appears first?

I've actually made some strides in the code, but am having an issue with my survey page. I'm getting the error "Could not locate 'surveypage.survey'."

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toscanafinke - 11/2/2020

I've actually made some strides in the code, but am having an issue with my survey page. I'm getting the error "Could not locate 'surveypage.survey'."

#1: <page> elements are displayed per /preinstructions. They're not <trial> elements.
#2: I've actually made some strides in the code, but am having an issue with my survey page. I'm getting the error "Could not locate 'surveypage.survey'."

What surveypage? You didn't provide any code, so I cannot tell you where or what your mistake is. <surveypage> elements are special kind of <trial> elements, you run them via a <block>'s /trials or a <block>'s /pages. <survey> elements are special kinds of <block> elements. You run them via an <expt>'s /blocks.

here is my code:

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toscanafinke - 11/2/2020

here is my code:

<block tones>
/ bgstim = (LeftCat, RightCat)
/ trials = [1 = trial.tones]
/ recorddata = true
/ preinstructions = (page.intro)
/ postinstructions = (surveypage.survey)
</block>

A surveypage isn't an instruction page. You cannot run it via /postinstructions. You need to run it via a block's /trials. As explained in my previous reply, surveypages are special trial elements.