___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Mask Attitude Survey for COVID-19 (MASC) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC Date: 01-03-2024 last updated: 01-05-2024 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC Script Copyright © 01-05-2024 Millisecond Software ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BACKGROUND INFO ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This script implements Millisecond's computerized version of the "Mask Attitude Survey" by Wickline (2020). For further information check out: "mascmanual_readme.txt" by V.B. Wickline (comes with script) Reference: Wickline, V.B. (2020). Manual for the Mask Attitude Survey for COVID-19 (MASC) [Unpublished manuscript]. Department of Psychology, Georgia Southern University. http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.11193.54886 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ OVERVIEW ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ self-report measure consisting of 24 5-point Likert Scale questions (q17 is not included in the overall score) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DURATION ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ the default set-up of the script takes appr. 2 minute to complete __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DATA FILE INFORMATION ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The default data stored in the data files are: (1) Raw data file: 'masc.iqdat' date, time: date and time script was run with the current group/subjectnumber subject, group, session: with the current subject/groupnumber/session id build: the Inquisit build q*_response: response given (in assigned values) Scale: 1 (strongly disagree) - 5 (strongly agree) R: reversed coded questions Note: higher scores reflect more positive attitude towards mask wearing 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: 'masc_summary*.iqdat' (a separate file for each participant) inquisit.version: Inquisit version run computer.platform: the platform the script was run on (win/mac/ios/android) startDate: date script was run startTime: time script was started subjectid: assigned subject id number groupid: assigned group id number sessionid: assigned session id number elapsedTime: time it took to run script (in ms); measured from onset to offset of script completed: 0 = script was not completed (prematurely aborted); 1 = script was completed (all conditions run) MASCTotal: the average of all questions (except q17) The higher the score the more positive the attitude towards mask wearing + all individual responses (already reversed scored where indicated)