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RT-18 RISK TAKING QUESTIONNAIRE
SCRIPT INFO
Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC
Date: 02-24-2014
last updated: 04-18-2018 by K.Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software LLC
Script Copyright © 04-18-2018 Millisecond Software
BACKGROUND INFO
*Purpose*
This script implements the RT-18 Risk Taking Questionnaire as described in:
de Haan, L., Kuipers, E., Kuerten, Y., van Laar, M., Olivier, B,. & Verster, J.C. (2011).
The RT-18: a new screening tool to assess young adult risk-taking behavior.
International Journal of General Medicine, 4, 575–584.
*Overview*
18 yes/no questions about risk taking behavior.
DATA FILE INFORMATION:
The default data stored in the data files are:
(1) Raw data file: 'RT18.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: 'RT18_summary*.iqdat' (a separate file for each 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)
/TotalScore: the sum of all individual scores (Range: 0-18)
In general the response that suggests risk taking gets a point
/Factor1_RiskTakingBehavior: the sum of all scores of questions that load on factor 1: q4, q5, q6, q7, q14, q15, q16, q17, q18
=> Range: 0-9: the higher the score, the higher the reported risk taking behavior
/Factor2_RiskAssessment: the sum of all scores of questions that load on factor 2: q1, q2R, q3, q8, q9R, q10R, q11R, q12, q13
=> Range: 0-9: the higher the score, the more participant reported to do things without thinking about consequences
QUESTIONNAIRE SET-UP:
18 questions with yes/no questions: most yes-responses are suggesting of risk taking and are scored as a 1;
for a few questions the the no-response is suggesting of risk taking is scored as a 1
=> 1 = response suggests risk taking
=> 0 = response does not suggest risk taking
INSTRUCTIONS
Questionnaire instructions can be easily 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:
/pageinstructions: the instructions that appear at the top of each surveypage