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Hi

I am trying to design a questionnaire where the reaction time for completing each item is recorded.

When I put the questions on the same page, the reaction time is the same for all items. I don't want to separate all the questions into separate pages. Is there a way to record the reaction time for each item separately?

Hi Gareth,

you'll definitely have to split your questions to separate pages in order to get reaction times for each single item. If you have several items / questions on one surveypage, there simply isn't any discrete event signalising that a participant is done with a given question - and thus there is *no* way to determine the response time for a single item. Have you considered using Inquisit's <likert> trial element? I think this would give you what you're looking for.

Best,
~Dave

I think I will split the questions into separate pages. One remaining problem is that the items are "fill in the blank" within a sentence, so I need to display the rest of the sentence on the page. In this example, the word "mended" does not appear on the page. Is there a way to include text after the item, as well as before?

<dropdown q1>
/ caption = "Least said soonest"
/ options = ("soonest", "quickest", "longest","shortest")
</dropdown>
mended.

As far as I know, you'll have to use several <caption> elements to get the kind of layout you're looking for. Try this example code to get an impression:

<dropdown blankexample>
/ options = ("blank", "tax form", "drink")
/ correctresponse = ("blank")
/ position = (22, 20)
</dropdown>

<caption examplecaption1>
/ caption = "This is a 'fill in the "
/ position = (10, 20)
</caption>

<caption examplecaption2>
/ caption = " task'. You have to select the correct option from the dropdown menu."
/ position = (30, 20)
</caption>

<surveypage example>
/ questions = [1=examplecaption1; 2=blankexample; 3=examplecaption2]
</surveypage>

Best,
~Dave