probing with open text boxes in experiment context

ihaveaquestion
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probing with open text boxes in experiment context Sept 23, 2020 2:34:47 GMT

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Post by ihaveaquestion on Sept 23, 2020 2:34:47 GMT

I'd like to have participants respond within an experiment using an open text box (i.e., free recall).

I understand how to make this happen in a survey context (using textbox probes), but is there any way to collect this type of response using the experiment syntax? We have tried using the survey and "embedding" the experiment within the survey, but this is rather clunky because we will have >100 trials, and each trial would then pop back and forth between contexts.

We couldn't find any open text boxes to collect responses in an experiment, but I'm hoping either we missed something or there is a workaround. Any suggestions appreciated

matia Very experienced Posts: 77	probing with open text boxes in experiment context Sept 23, 2020 9:22:19 GMT PsyToolkit and ihaveaquestion like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by matia on Sept 23, 2020 9:22:19 GMT Dear ihaveaquestion, you can use the command readkeys (www.psytoolkit.org/lessons/readkeys.html) Hope this helps!
	Last Edit: Sept 24, 2020 8:07:34 GMT by PsyToolkit The best time to plan an experiment is after you've done it.

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probing with open text boxes in experiment context Oct 13, 2020 16:18:16 GMT

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Post by ihaveaquestion on Oct 13, 2020 16:18:16 GMT

This worked well, thanks! Although we hit another issue where the text will not be forced to a new line within the box (i.e., placeholder).

We set the placeholder to be large (300 x 300) and set a huge size for character limit (100) but after typing only a few words, the characters just pile up at the right side of the box/placeholder.

Any way around this? Getting characters to move to new line with readkeys?

PsyToolkit Administrator Posts: 545	probing with open text boxes in experiment context Oct 13, 2020 16:33:03 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by PsyToolkit on Oct 13, 2020 16:33:03 GMT It depends. You could have multiple "readkeys" one after another?

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probing with open text boxes in experiment context Oct 17, 2020 18:52:52 GMT

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Post by ihaveaquestion on Oct 17, 2020 18:52:52 GMT

hmm, like have an additional readkeys pop up after the character limit of one line is hit?

As I understand it we would have to ask the participants to hit RETURN every time they reach the end of a line (rather than automatically jump to next line as in standard editors). We are having participants perform a free recall task, and would like them to be able to type out their response freely, and I'm not sure this jives with that. Unless I am misunderstanding?

Thanks for the efforts on this.

probing with open text boxes in experiment context

Post by ihaveaquestion on Sept 23, 2020 2:34:47 GMT

Post by matia on Sept 23, 2020 9:22:19 GMT

Post by ihaveaquestion on Oct 13, 2020 16:18:16 GMT

Post by PsyToolkit on Oct 13, 2020 16:33:03 GMT

Post by ihaveaquestion on Oct 17, 2020 18:52:52 GMT