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Save data of unfinished experiments

  1. #1

    Save data of unfinished experiments

    In our Expiriment it doesnt save the data of unfinished experiments. Can I change that? How?

    Thank you very much

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    jarvis24 Blair Jarvis, Administrator
    How does the experiment end? Does the participant get to the prompt asking them to tell the experimenter that they are finished?

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    Yes it asks to tell the experimenter that they are finished...

    and another question: Is the order of the random selection of each participant visible in the data file? And if not: How can I make it visible?

    Thanks a lot

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    jarvis24 Blair Jarvis, Administrator
    One more question then--how do they reach the end if the session if it is completed before it ends? And regarding seeing random participant selection data--MediaLab doesn't really do random selection/assignment of subjects except through an autostart file. Is that what you mean? Or something else?

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    Oh sorry I didn't understand you right. It isn't completed before it ends, but if an experiment gets interrupted (by a computerhanger or whatever) it would be useful, if medialb would save also the data of an unfinished experiment.

    I don't mean the random selection of subjects. But the order of the selected items for example if my items are: 1, 2, 3, 4,.For subject1 the random order is 2,3,4,1 and for another subject2 its: 3,2,1,4. Can I see that in my data file or is it ordered like in the beginning subject ID1: 1,2,3,4
    subject ID2: 1,2,3,4

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    jarvis24 Blair Jarvis, Administrator
    MediaLab writes the data after the session finishes (aside from some exceptions like essay data) so if a crash does occur, then you will not get those data.

    You can view the actual randomized order of variables--see this link for more info:
    http://www.empirisoft.com/support/showthread.php?t=118

    Hope that helps.

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    Oh ok

    Thank you very much!