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YOUTH RISK BEHAVIOR SURVEY (YRBS) - Middle School Version
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Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC
Date: 08-29-2019
last updated: 11-06-2019 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC
Script Copyright © 11-06-2019 Millisecond Software
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BACKGROUND INFO
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This script implements an Inquisit computer version of the 2019 Middle School (MS) Youth Risk Behavior Risk Survey (YRBS)
as published by:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2019 Youth Risk Behavior Survey.
https://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/data/yrbs/questionnaires.htm; Accessed on 08/29/2019.
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OVERVIEW
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There are 49 questions covering health related areas such as drug use, alcohol use, sexual behavior, food behavior etc.
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DURATION
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the default set-up of the script takes appr. 5 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: '2019yrbs_ms.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: depends on question
no 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: 'yrbs_ms_2019_summary*.iqdat' (a separate file for each 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)
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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