I want to measure the time people need to respond to one item (until they clicked their answer on a 7-point Likert Scale).
I programmed a MediaLab-study by implementing html files. For every item I used one html, that means that they have to answer one item, click on the CONTINUE-button and then the next html appears with the next item on it.
When I instruct MediLab to Write RT, then it creates two new variables per item filled with milliseconds, I guess one is the time until the participants click the answer and the other is the time for the CONTINUE -button.
Now my problem: Often the times given for both are the same (but in reality there was a time delay of minimum 2 seconds), sometimes the number of the variable which is supposed to give the time for the CONTINUE -button is higher than the number in the variable which I assume to give the time for the item.
I would appreciate an idea how to measure the respond time the participant needed to click every item.
Thank you a lot.