How to rerun a loop after checking accuracy ?

aswv

I am new to opensesame and I find it really cool. Get software.

I need help with the following scenario.

In my experiment, there is a learning phase and a testing phase. Participants learn words during the first phase(loop-sequence) and are tested in the second phase(loop-sequence).
After the test phase, I want to re-run the learning phase(loop) if the accuracy is less than 80%.

My problem is how do i specify, if the acc is less than 80, run this loop.

I tried python script, but its not working for me.

sebastiaan

Hi,

Say that you want to repeat block_loop when accuracy is less than 80%, then you could do the following:

• Embed block_loop in another loop, here meta_loop
• Set the repeat value for meta_loop very high (so that it's practically infinite)
• Set the break-if statement for meta_loop to [acc] >= 80, and disable 'Evaluate on first cycle'

Do you see the logic?

Cheers,
Sebastiaan

aswv

Works perfect.

Thanks Sebastian...

feffle

Hi there,

I am trying to do a similar thing and have tried this method but it seems to take the cumulative accuracy across all completed block repetitions. Is there a way to break the loop based only on accuracy of the most recent block?

Thanks!

eduard

Hi,

If you reset the feedback in the end (or the beginning) of a block, only the most recent block should be used for the computations. So just drag the reset_feeback item in the beginning of your block_sequence and you should be set.

Good luck.

Eduard

feffle

That worked a treat, thanks so much!

Matanel Weissman

Hello, I have done what sebastiaan said and it worked, but I need an extra thing.

I need please the experiment to end if the participant didn't reach to 80% accuracy. How can I do that?
I need the exp to end after two tries to reach 80% acc - I know how to repeat if didn't get to 80% but I don't know how to end the exp.

sebastiaan

Hi @Matanel Weissman,

I would use a simple inline_script that raises an Exception in this case. That will cause the experiment to exit. Like so:

if var.acc < 80:
    raise Exception('Accuracy to low!')

Cheers!
Sebastiaan