Which is the best way to randomize this ?

Yorgo

Hello,

My question is straightfoward : what is the best way to randomize these three items in this sequence ?

And this is the loop table containing it

Thanks in advance for your help.

Yorgo

eduard

Hi Yorgo,

that depends what type of randomization you want. If you set order in entrainment to random (as you already do according to your sceenshot), you will get a basic randomization that should be fine.

Or did I misunderstand your question?

Eduard

Yorgo

Hi Eduard,

Thank you for your answer. Sorry, I wasn't clear.

I set the loop table on random but (since it only contains one row) it doesn't work because the sequence is run sequentially each time.

I want to randomize the order of the tasks as an easy way to counter balance between participants.

How can I change my code/structure in order to achieve this?

Maybe by creating 3 rows in the column with values 1,2,3 (which will be randomized) , and then put an if statement for each task (e.g. "if value =1")?

Yorgo

eduard

Oh, sorry, now I see.

Yes, what you suggest would be a perfectly fine solution. Just use the `run_if` field in the sequence tab to include the if statement.

Good luck