[Private] Re: Buttons

[David McFarlane]

Arrgh!  My apologies to all!  I forgot to change 
the "To" address for that to just go to Gilis, as 
intended.  But I suppose he will get it now.

-- David McFarlane, Professional Faultfinder


At 2/26/2010 11:20 AM Friday, you wrote:
>[Private e-mail]
>
>Gilis,
>
>I have attached the .zip file from PST, plus the extracted .es file.
>
>-- dkm
>
>
>>thanks,
>>I tried to open this example : 
>>http://www.pstnet.com/e-prime/support/samples.asp?Mode=View&SampleID=5
>>however for some reason it can't be open on my computer (it's the
>>first example I can't opent for some reason). It's a zipped file and
>>after I extracted it to new folder I found no running file (instead,
>>only the stimuli images and the full scripot of the experiment in a
>>txt file-and from there it's quite hard to follow..)   Can you tell me
>>whether you managed to run it please? or else if you have it in a
>>readable file...
>>Best Wishes
>>Gilis
>>
>>On 26 ×¤×‘×¨×•× ×¨, 00:01, David McFarlane <mcfar... at msu.edu> wrote:
>> > Gilis,
>> >
>> > Standard reminder: Â 1) I do not work for PST. Â 2) PST's trained staff
>> > really does like to take any and all 
>> questions athttp://support.pstnet.com/e%2Dprime/support/login.asp, and they
>> > strive to respond to all requests in 24-48 hours. Â So don't be shy
>> > there. Â 3) If you do get an answer from PST Web Support, please
>> > extend the courtesy of posting their reply 
>> back here for the sake of others.
>> >
>> > That said, here is my take ...
>> >
>> > If by "buttons" you mean mouse clicks on specified areas of the
>> > screen (as opposed to buttons on a button box), then I think the
>> > conventional way to do that in E-Prime is with Slide.HitTest(), which
>> > you may look up in the online E-Basic Help. Â Also, if you look at the
>> > Samples on the PST web site you may find an downloadable example of
>> > how to use this.
>> >
>> > -- David McFarlane, Professional Faultfinder
>> > "For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over
>> > public relations, for nature cannot be fooled." Â (Richard Feynman,
>> > Nobel prize-winning physicist)
>> >
>> > >Just faced with a new challenge. I want participants to choose an
>> > >answer among three or four options that will be presented shortly
>> > >after the stimulus offset in each trial, I don't realy now how to that
>> > >with buttons.
>> >
>> > >The simplest option is to just present another slide or text object
>> > >right after the stimuli, with multiple choice and participants will
>> > >have to choose one of those. However, my research  involved with
>> > >numerical cognition and asking participants to choose answer from 1 to
>> > >4 or even from a to d is not the best option as I see it.
>> >
>> > >Using voice responses is another possibility for experimental design
>> > >but I didn't realy get to this yet and choosing such design will limit
>> > >the number of trials each participant will complete and require me to
>> > >be stay with participants during the entire experiment. Also, I yet
>> > >don't know how to collect two responses (vocal from participant and
>> > >manual from the experimenter) within the same trial-but I hope to
>> > >learn it soon.
>> >
>> > >So, your answers and advices would be wellcomed...

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