output timing but not summary

[patheticle]

Hi,

Thanks for this great service! I've got it up and running really well except for one thing. I can't get anything written to the summarized.csv file. It writes to reaction times of each participant in the template folder, but not the summaries and d scores. I'd like to use that file to analyze the results in R, but if I can't write to it, I'm stuck! I've made sure the permission are appropriately set, but no dice. I've also tried, when setting up a database to use T (text) and D. So I'm kind of stuck at this point. Any advice? Should I move the file to the template's folder perhaps?

Thank you!
Michael

[fiol92]

Hey. I know this is a year late, but I've had the same issues which I've managed to resolve. Both you and I misunderstood a few things.

The "summarized.csv" file is generated AFTER you run the IATAnalysis.R in R. So your participants take the test, you get your raw data (the txt.-file for every participant) and then you run the IATAnalaysis in R. After that, a summarized.csv is generated.

If you or anyone else are unfamiliar with R and coding in general - which I certainly am, so I would've needed these instructions - you need to do the following in order for it to work:

1. Download your IAT to your desktop.
2. Edit the IATAnalysis.R in notepad. You can also do this step in, for instance, R Studio, but I think this might be easier. After the "# base.dir = "C://Users//Username//Documents//iattest//" (the fifth line), add the location where you have your IAT test. For instance, I added
   "base.dir = "C://Users//Lacan//Documents//iattest//"". Notice the double forward slashes. Again, this is added after the # basedir line.
3. In the same file, change the template name to the template you wanna analyze. I, for instance, wanted to analyze the Arabmuslim template, so I changed it to
   "#Set the template you want to analyze here
   template.name = "Arabmuslim".
4. Run the file in R. I ran it in R Studio by opening the file, marking all the code and then pressing Ctrl + Enter (which is Run). Now the data should've been analyzed, and a summarized.csv has been generated (or updated).

I hope this helped you or anyone else. As a total newbie with regards to R, coding and IAT test (political science undergrad here), I had given up and was about to do the whole thing manually (calculating the D manually for every participant by summarizing and dividing the RT and so on), but managed to figure it out.

Also, Winteram or anyone involved in the project: Thank you so much!

[zoffyfi]

Hi @Lacanpsych thanks so much for the detailed guide! Could you help me figure out how to download the IAT to my desktop (step 1)? Got stuck there... Thanks!

[fiol92]

@zoffyfi My post details what you are to do after you've run an IAT on a website. If you have done that already, you can simply copy the whole folder to your desktop. "Folder" in this case refers to the IAT files you uploaded to your site. I'm not sure how you uploaded the files on your site to begin with, but the most popular way to upload/download files is through a FTP client. If you are refering to something else, feel free to ask.

[zoffyfi]

Hi! Being a Psychology student I have no knowledge on most IT things, so I asked a friend to help me create a website. I think he used a host website, webhost? So he somehow put all the IAT files there and I can access all the data I have collected in the output folder of the active template on the file manager of that webhost site. No idea how I'm supposed to download them from there :/

[fiol92]

@zoffyfi As a recent psych student with no previous coding experience, I can definitely empathize (although from learning it, I now work full-time with IATs). Anyway:

You can reach the files on the site. That means you have access to some kind of file manager. Usually, there's a download button somewhere, but I assume that's not the case here. The easiest way to retrieve your file is by using a so called "FTP client", such as filezilla. With it, you can simply drag the folders to your computer, and download them through that. However, for a non-IT person, it might be a bit complicated, especially as you might have all the info necessary. If you need more detailed help with the FTP, or some other part, feel free to mail me, as this is not pertaining directly to the IAT.

[Halverson-Jason]

For Windows users

If you have spaces in your IAT name you must rename the folder in "templates" using underscores or removing spaces. Then update the study name in the IATanalysis.R file.