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Santa Barbara Sense of Direction Scale (SBSOD)
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Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC
Date: 05-12-2017
last updated: 01-03-2020 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC
Script Copyright © 01-03-2020 Millisecond Software
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BACKGROUND INFO
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This script implements a computerized version of the 'Santa Barbara Sense of Direction Scale'
as described in:
Hegarty, M. Richardson, A. E., Montello, D. R., Lovelace, K & Subbiah, I. (2002).
Development of a Self-Report Measure of Environmental Spatial Ability. Intelligence, 30, 425-447.
downloaded from:
http://spatiallearning.org/index.php/testsainstruments
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OVERVIEW
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15 7-point Likert Scale questions on sense of direction (self-report)
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DURATION
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the default set-up of the script takes appr. 2 minutes to complete
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DATA FILE INFORMATION
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The default data stored in the data files are:
(1) Raw data file: 'senseofdirectionsurvey.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 agree)-7 (strongly disagree)
R = automatically reversed scored questions
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: 'senseofdirectionsurvey_summary.iqdat' (Inquisit Lab: one data file per participant)
computer.platform: the platform the script was run on (win/mac/ios/android)
script.startdate: date script was run
script.starttime: time script was started
script.subjectid: assigned subject id number
script.groupid: assigned group id number
script.sessionid: assigned session id number
script.elapsedtime: time it took to run script (in ms); measured from onset to offset of script
script.completed: 0 = script was not completed (prematurely aborted);
1 = script was completed (all conditions run)
expressions.SODtotal: sum of all 15 scores (reversed scoring automatically applied)
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QUESTIONNAIRE SET-UP & SCORING
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15 questions: 7 point Likert Scales
2, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15: strongly agree = 1 - strongly disagree = 7
1R, 3R, 4R, 5R, 7R, 9R, 14R: strongly agree = 7 - strongly disagree = 1
=> higher rating indicates a better self-report SOD
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INSTRUCTIONS
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minimally altered (=>to reflect the computerized input modality) original instructions;
can be edited under section Editable Instructions
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EDITABLE CODE
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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:
/pageinstructions: the instructions that appear at the top of each surveypage
/pageinstructions2: the instructions that appear at the top of each surveypage