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oasistree	oasistree posted 3 Years Ago Topic Details Share Topic
Group: Awaiting Activation Posts: 2, Visits: 6	Hi everyone, I was hoping to use the Inquisit 3 version of the Visual Digit Span Test due to lab constraints. However, the script has several severe errors. 1. Trial feedback is wrong. Even when I put the correct response (numbers in forward or backward order), the feedback is always “incorrect”. I thought it has something to do with the branch ...else function, but I was not able to fix it. 2. There is only 1 trial for the forward task and 1 trial for the backward task--basically the script is broken. It needs to have 14 trials (max) or it returns when participants make 2 consecutive errors. Any suggestions would be highly appreciated! Thank you!
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Dave	Dave posted 3 Years Ago Post Details Share Post
Group: Administrators Posts: 10K, Visits: 58K	+x oasistree - Friday, November 17, 2017 Hi everyone, I was hoping to use the Inquisit 3 version of the Visual Digit Span Test due to lab constraints. However, the script has several severe errors. 1. Trial feedback is wrong. Even when I put the correct response (numbers in forward or backward order), the feedback is always “incorrect”. I thought it has something to do with the branch ...else function, but I was not able to fix it. 2. There is only 1 trial for the forward task and 1 trial for the backward task--basically the script is broken. It needs to have 14 trials (max) or it returns when participants make 2 consecutive errors. Any suggestions would be highly appreciated! Thank you! > 1. Trial feedback is wrong. Even when I put the correct response (numbers in forward or backward order), the feedback is always “incorrect”. > I thought it has something to do with the branch ...else function, but I was not able to fix it. I am unable to reproduce this. I tested the script under Inquisit 3, and I get accurate feedback. > 2. There is only 1 trial for the forward task and 1 trial for the backward task--basically the script is broken. It needs to have 14 trials (max) > or it returns when participants make 2 consecutive errors. I am unable to reproduce this under Inquisit 3 as well. The script runs properly, i.e. doesn't stop after a single trial for me, but instead increases or decreases difficulty as intended. I suspect you may be using an extremely outdated Inquisit 3 version. You _should_ be using version 3.0.6.0, which you can download via the archives at https://www.millisecond.com/download/archives.aspx
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oasistree	oasistree posted 3 Years Ago Post Details Share Post
Group: Awaiting Activation Posts: 2, Visits: 6	+x Dave - Friday, November 17, 2017 +x oasistree - Friday, November 17, 2017 Hi everyone, I was hoping to use the Inquisit 3 version of the Visual Digit Span Test due to lab constraints. However, the script has several severe errors. 1. Trial feedback is wrong. Even when I put the correct response (numbers in forward or backward order), the feedback is always “incorrect”. I thought it has something to do with the branch ...else function, but I was not able to fix it. 2. There is only 1 trial for the forward task and 1 trial for the backward task--basically the script is broken. It needs to have 14 trials (max) or it returns when participants make 2 consecutive errors. Any suggestions would be highly appreciated! Thank you! > 1. Trial feedback is wrong. Even when I put the correct response (numbers in forward or backward order), the feedback is always “incorrect”. > I thought it has something to do with the branch ...else function, but I was not able to fix it. I am unable to reproduce this. I tested the script under Inquisit 3, and I get accurate feedback. > 2. There is only 1 trial for the forward task and 1 trial for the backward task--basically the script is broken. It needs to have 14 trials (max) > or it returns when participants make 2 consecutive errors. I am unable to reproduce this under Inquisit 3 as well. The script runs properly, i.e. doesn't stop after a single trial for me, but instead increases or decreases difficulty as intended. I suspect you may be using an extremely outdated Inquisit 3 version. You _should_ be using version 3.0.6.0, which you can download via the archives at https://www.millisecond.com/download/archives.aspx Ah I see! Thanks for the quick reply!!!
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