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Hi all,

I am hoping I am just missing something small here. I have a study I plan to post to the web with a stagaring 32 conditions. I have written <exp> and <variables> files defining what I want to happen for different participants. Not all participants will have the same number of blocks (I pasted a short version below).

What happens when I am practicing with the deskop edition and I enter a subject number of "2", I can't and I get an error looking for block35. For participants in this condition (so 2, 34, etc.) there are only 34 blocks. When try to enter subject "4", I get an error that it is looking for block 31. If I have a condition that has the maximum number of blocks across all conditions (which is 35), those subject numbers seem fine.

My question is: can you have <exp> for different subjects that have different quanities of blocks? If so, does this need to be specified in the <exp> or elsewhere? If not, should I create some kind of dummy block so that each of my <exp> will have 35 blocks?

Thanks,

Susan

expt>

/ subjects = (1 of 32)

/ blocks = [1=block1; 2=block2; 3=block3; 4=block4; 5=block5; 6=block6; 7=block7; 8=block8; 9=block9; 10=block10;

11=block11; 12=block12; 13=block13; 14=block14; 15=block15; 16=block16; 17=block17; 18=block18;

19=block19; 20=block20; 21=block21; 22=block22; 23=block23; 24=block24; 25=block25; 26=block26;

27=block27; 28=block28; 29=block29; 30=block30; 31=block31; 32=block32; 33=block33; 34=block34;

35=block35]

/ onexptbegin = [values.condition=1]

</expt>

/ subjects = (2 of 32)

/ blocks = [1=block1; 2=block2; 3=block3; 4=block4; 5=block5; 6=block6; 7=block7; 8=block8; 9=block9; 10=block10;

11=block11; 12=block12; 13=block13; 14=block14; 15=block15; 16=block16; 17=block17; 18=block18;

19=block19; 20=block20; 21=block21; 22=block22; 23=block23; 24=block24; 25=block25; 26=block26;

27=block27; 28=block28; 29=block29; 30=block30; 31=block31; 32=block32; 33=block33; 34=block34;

35=block35]

/ onexptbegin = [values.condition=2]

</expt>

/ subjects = (3 of 32)

/ blocks = [1=block1; 2=block2; 3=block3; 4=block4; 5=block5; 6=block6; 7=block7; 8=block8; 9=block9; 10=block10;

11=block11; 12=block12; 13=block13; 14=block14; 15=block15; 16=block16; 17=block17; 18=block18;

19=block19; 20=block20; 21=block21; 22=block22; 23=block23; 24=block24; 25=block25; 26=block26;

27=block27; 28=block28; 29=block29; 30=block30; 31=block31; 32=block32; 33=block33; 34=block34]

/ onexptbegin = [values.condition=3]

</expt>

/ subjects = (4 of 32)

/ blocks = [1=block1; 2=block2; 3=block3; 4=block4; 5=block5; 6=block6; 7=block7; 8=block8; 9=block9; 10=block10;

11=block11; 12=block12; 13=block13; 14=block14; 15=block15; 16=block16; 17=block17; 18=block18;

19=block19; 20=block20; 21=block21; 22=block22; 23=block23; 24=block24; 25=block25; 26=block26;

27=block27; 28=block28; 29=block29; 30=block30]

/ onexptbegin = [values.condition=4]

</expt>

<variables >

/ group = (1 of 32) (block1=Matching; block2=HealthA; block3=GeneralHealth; block4=Att_HIV; block5=Bike_Own;

block6=Bike_Riding; block7=Distance_block;block8=Travel_Conv_Grocery;block9=Travel_Coffee; block10=Travel_Bank_Credit;

block11=Travel_Pharm_Drug; block12=Travel_Job_School; block13=Travel_Park; block14=Future_Biking1;

block15=target_congruent_practiceA; block16=attribute_practice; block17=congruent_practice_1A;

block18=congruent_critical_2A; block19= target_congruent_to_incongruent_practice_switchA;

block20=incongruent_practice_1A;block21=incongruent_critical_2A;

block22=e_target_congruent_practice; block23=e_attributepractice; block24=e_congruent_practice;

block25=e_congruent_critical; block26=e_target_congruent_to_incongruent_practice_switch;

block27=e_incongruent_practice; block28=e_incongruent_critical;

block29=HIV_Summary; block30=HIV_Cog_Diss_inconsistent; block31=HIV_Cog_Diss_consistent; block32=No_Enviro_Cog_Diss;

block33=compensation; block34=money_payment; block35=Final_Summary_B)

/ group = (2 of 32) (block1=Matching; block2=HealthA; block3=GeneralHealth; block4=Att_HIV; block5=Bike_Own;

block6=Bike_Riding; block7=Distance_block;block8=Travel_Conv_Grocery;block9=Travel_Coffee; block10=Travel_Bank_Credit;

block11=Travel_Pharm_Drug; block12=Travel_Job_School; block13=Travel_Park; block14=Future_Biking1;

block15=target_congruent_practiceA; block16=attribute_practice; block17=congruent_practice_1A;

block18=congruent_critical_2A; block19= target_congruent_to_incongruent_practice_switchA;

block20=incongruent_practice_1A;block21=incongruent_critical_2A;

block22=e_target_congruent_practice; block23=e_attributepractice; block24=e_congruent_practice;

block25=e_congruent_critical; block26=e_target_congruent_to_incongruent_practice_switch;

block27=e_incongruent_practice; block28=e_incongruent_critical;

block29=Enviro_Summary; block30=Enviro_Cog_Diss_inconsistent; block31=Enviro_Cog_Diss_consistent; block32=No_HIV_Cog_Diss;

block33=compensation; block34=money_payment; block35=Final_Summary_B)

/ group = (3 of 32) (block1=Matching; block2=HealthA; block3=GeneralHealth; block4=Att_HIV; block5=Bike_Own;

block6=Bike_Riding; block7=Distance_block;block8=Travel_Conv_Grocery;block9=Travel_Coffee; block10=Travel_Bank_Credit;

block11=Travel_Pharm_Drug; block12=Travel_Job_School; block13=Travel_Park; block14=Future_Biking1;

block15=target_congruent_practiceA; block16=attribute_practice; block17=congruent_practice_1A;

block18=congruent_critical_2A; block19= target_congruent_to_incongruent_practice_switchA;

block20=incongruent_practice_1A;block21=incongruent_critical_2A;

block22=e_target_congruent_practice; block23=e_attributepractice; block24=e_congruent_practice;

block25=e_congruent_critical; block26=e_target_congruent_to_incongruent_practice_switch;

block27=e_incongruent_practice; block28=e_incongruent_critical;

block29=No_Summary; block30=No_HIV_Cog_Diss; block31=No_Enviro_Cog_Diss;block32=compensation;

block33=money_payment; block34=Final_Summary_B)

/ group = (4 of 32) (block1=Matching; block2=HealthA; block3=GeneralHealth; block4=Att_HIV; block5=Bike_Own;

block6=Bike_Riding; block7=Distance_block;block8=Travel_Conv_Grocery;block9=Travel_Coffee; block10=Travel_Bank_Credit;

block11=Travel_Pharm_Drug; block12=Travel_Job_School; block13=Travel_Park; block14=Future_Biking1;

block15=target_congruent_practiceA; block16=attribute_practice; block17=congruent_practice_1A;

block18=congruent_critical_2A; block19= target_congruent_to_incongruent_practice_switchA;

block20=incongruent_practice_1A;block21=incongruent_critical_2A;

block22=covertattentionpractice; block23=covertattention;

block24=HIV_Summary; block25=HIV_Cog_Diss_inconsistent; block26=HIV_Cog_Diss_consistent; block27=No_Enviro_Cog_Diss;

block28=compensation; block29=money_payment; block30=Final_Summary_A)

...... (continues on through 32 of 32)

</variables>