randomizing problems

Partenope
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randomizing problems Jan 27, 2021 21:45:43 GMT

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Post by Partenope on Jan 27, 2021 21:45:43 GMT

Hi everyone!

I have two conditions (DOC_ASSOCIAZIONI_1 and DOC_ASSOCIAZIONI_2) but I have a problem when I want to randomize participants' conditions assignement:

This is my script:

l: COUNTERBALANCING_ESPERIMENTO
t: set
- random 1 2

l: ASSEGNAZIONE_ESPERIMENTO
t: jump
- if $COUNTERBALACING_ESPERIMENTO == 1 then goto Esperimento_Associazioni1
- if $COUNTERBALACING_ESPERIMENTO == 2 then goto Esperimento_Associazioni2

l: Esperimento_Associazioni1
t: experiment
- {fullscreen} DOC_ASSOCIAZIONI_1

l: alwaysjump
t: jump
- goto end

l: Esperimento_Associazioni2
t: experiment
- {fullscreen} DOC_ASSOCIAZIONI_2

But participants were always assigned to condition one (DOC_ASSOCIAZIONI_1), even when the variable "COUNTERBALANCING_ESPERIMENTO" had reported two in the datafile.

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matia Very experienced Posts: 77	randomizing problems Jan 29, 2021 7:56:23 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by matia on Jan 29, 2021 7:56:23 GMT Dear Partenope, you are missing an "N" in $COUNTERBALA N CING_ESPERIMENTO both when is 1 and 2 so the Psytoolkit is ignoring it since it doesnt recognize what you are telling it to do.
	The best time to plan an experiment is after you've done it.

Partenope Very experienced Hi everybody! Posts: 63	randomizing problems Jan 29, 2021 9:10:24 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Partenope on Jan 29, 2021 9:10:24 GMT Thank you very much Matia...I didn't see the problem and that was driving me crazy xD Thank you, have a nice day

Partenope Very experienced Hi everybody! Posts: 63	randomizing problems Jan 29, 2021 9:16:34 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Partenope on Jan 29, 2021 9:16:34 GMT Furthermore I was sure that if it didn't recognize what I am writting it would return an error message rahter than to ignore so, but great to hear! Thank you

matia
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randomizing problems Jan 29, 2021 13:47:11 GMT

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Post by matia on Jan 29, 2021 13:47:11 GMT

I think there must be some programmatic reason why it doesnt warn you for spelling. On the other hand, program doesn't see a problem with your code since jump is just, well, a jump and not a task, and there is an actual task following it.

Perhaps it is a feature, rather than a bug (for example, you don't have to delete jumps when copying someone's experiment, but you can just delete the variable used for determining when to jump

Best, Matia

The best time to plan an experiment is after you've done it.

PsyToolkit Administrator Posts: 545	randomizing problems Jan 31, 2021 19:08:07 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by PsyToolkit on Jan 31, 2021 19:08:07 GMT Maybe this is just a suboptimal parsing. I will put this on the list of issues that need to be addressed for the next release of PsyToolkit.

randomizing problems

Post by Partenope on Jan 27, 2021 21:45:43 GMT

Post by matia on Jan 29, 2021 7:56:23 GMT

Post by Partenope on Jan 29, 2021 9:10:24 GMT

Post by Partenope on Jan 29, 2021 9:16:34 GMT

Post by matia on Jan 29, 2021 13:47:11 GMT

Post by PsyToolkit on Jan 31, 2021 19:08:07 GMT