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EAT-26
SCRIPT INFO
Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC
Date: 12-08-2016
last updated: 04-16-2018 by K.Borchert for Millisecond Software LLC
Script Copyright © 04-16-2018 Millisecond Software
BACKGROUND INFO
*Purpose*
This script implements the EAT- 26 as described in:
Garner, D.M., Olmsted, M.P., Boh, Y. & Garfinkle, P.E. (1982). The Eating Attitudes Test: Psychometric features and
clinical correlates. Psychological Medicine, 12, 871-878
*Task*
26 6-point Likert questions
DATA FILE INFORMATION:
The default data stored in the data files are:
(1) Raw data file: 'eat26.iqdat'
date, time, group, subject: date and time script was run with the current group/subjectnumber
build: the Inquisit build
q*_response: response given (in assigned values)
q*_latency: how much time (in ms) the participant spent on the surveypage with this particular question (the last time this particular surveypage was visited)
(2) Summary data file: 'eat_26_summary.iqdat' (Inquisit Lab: one data file per participant)
script.startdate: date script was run
script.starttime: time script was started
script.subjectid: subject id number
script.groupid: group id number
script.elapsedtime: time it took to run script (in ms)
computer.platform: the platform the script was run on
/completed: 0 = script was not completed (prematurely aborted); 1 = script was completed (all conditions run)
/EAT26_total: the total score
Note: Scoring:
q1-q25: always (3). usually (2), often (1) - the remaining answer choices (0)
q26: reversed coded
QUESTIONNAIRE SET-UP
26 6-point Likert questions
INSTRUCTIONS
can be edited under section Editable Parameters
EDITABLE CODE:
check below for (relatively) easily editable parameters, stimuli, instructions etc.
Keep in mind that you can use this script as a template and therefore always "mess" with the entire code to further customize your experiment.
The parameters you can change are: