Randomization and Skip Patterns

[jarvis24]

Are you using a multiple response item type? I'm wondering if maybe the question is of a type that doesn't allow for the usual skip pattern functionality. If not, please send or post a copy of your que and I'll take a look at it.

[eop2]

The items that are not skipping are individual instruction items, which serve as experimental treatments. These items are then supposed to skip to a scale response. I have included my questionnaire. The items are #43 - 49.

Thank you.

[jarvis24]

Can you try this shortened version and tell me if you get the same problem. As far as I can tell, it randomizes as it should.

[eop2]

Thank you for your help. I have been away on business and am now returning to my experiment.

After I reported this issue to you, I re-installed an older version of MediaLab on my computer (v. 2004). When I did that, the randomization/skip patterns worked as expected. Moreover, when I ran the short file you sent me, the randomization/skip patterns also work as expected. Is this a software issue? Or did I do something incorrectly?

My questionnaire was programmed using v.2004. Is this going to be a problem if I administer the experiment with laptops that have a newer version of this software, or should it transfer over seamlessly?

Thank you,
Efren

[jarvis24]

We're using v2006 here and it seemed to run fine. For a comment on compatibility, see:

http://www.empirisoft.com/support/showthread.php?t=72

My first suggestion would be to try running it on any other machine that has v2006 installed. You could use a free trial license if you simply want to test it.