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Figure 29: Result elements produced for a Slide.
Element name
advancer
time shown
infotag
seqno
Results content
an advancer result indicating what method was used to advance the slide
a timing result indicating how long the slide was visible
a descriptive tag, output directly from the experiment description (see section
5.6.5)
the sequence number of the slide (not used)
Figure 30: Result elements produced for a text input response.
Element name
text
inputStart
inputRT
Results content
The text which was entered in the response component
A timing result indicating the time that elapsed between the display of the
slide and the subject’s starting to enter text
A timing result indicating the time elapsed between the subject’s starting to
type and the advance of the slide
Figure 31: Possible values for the type and input elements of the advancer result.
Type Meaning Value of input
key A key caused the advance Key character
button
A button component caused the advance
Button label
mouse A mouse button caused the advance Mouse button number
enter
The enter/return key was pressed in an
input field, causing the advance
Name of the input component in which
return was pressed
Figure 32: Prefixes to messages which are displayed in the console and written to log files.
Prefix
WARNING
ADVICE
ERROR
INFO
DEBUG
Purpose
A warning message about potential (non-fatal) problems or unexpected behaviour
– for example when default values are assumed.
Advice about good experimental design practice.
Information about errors, which may or may not have been fatal.
Generic information which may be useful.
Debugging information – switched off in the release version of WebExp2.
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