The text component group is a discrete component group for the management of text items that form stimulus components (or that form part of more complex component groups or components). Each text item can be associated with factors and levels and can be formatted and manipulated via variables. The screen contains a section on the left hand side for managing text items and a section on the right hand side for managing variables. The splitter (Figure 1) can be dragged to to allow customization of the screen layout, and the button on the top of the splitter expands and
collapses the panel.
Text items can be imported from a CSV file by clicking Import. We recommend creating your text items in a spreadsheet (Figure 1) and saving them as CSV files rather than creating them by hand. The CSV files should be in the following format:
Component
(case insensitive).Text items can also be imported along with their factors and levels from a CSV file which both associates the items themselves with their corresponding factors and levels and populates the study factors and levels (at the study tree root) if they do not already exist. The CSV files should be in the following format:
Component
(case insensitive) and a column for each relevant factor Factor:name
.As shown below (Figure 2), we have two factors: Goodness
and Word Category
. Goodness
has two levels: Good
and Bad
. Word Category
has three levels: Thing
, Person
and Place
(only Thing
level shown here).
Text items can be removed by selecting the item using the checkbox and clicking Delete in the toolbar above the text items table. You can also select and delete multiple items at once.
The order of text items can be changed by dragging and dropping.
Variables can be imported from a CSV file by clicking Import variables. See Component group variables for details.
Variables can be deleted by clicking on Delete variables. See Component group variables for details.
WARNING: Deleting variables will remove:
Variables can be associated with a text item by selecting them from the Variables dropdown list (Figure 3) and clicking Save. Text injection variables are associated implicitly and therefore do not need to be explicitly associated. Alternatively, the Associating variables with multiple text items method below can also be used.
Variables can be associated with one or more text items by first selecting the items (using their respective checkboxes) and then selecting Add variables in the toolbar above the text items table.
Variables can be dissociated from a text item by clicking the x
on their label (Figure 3) and clicking Save. Alternatively, the Dissociating variables from multiple text items method below can also be used.
Variables can be dissociated from one or more text items by first selecting the items (using their respective checkboxes) and then selecting Remove variables in the toolbar above the text items table.
Psychstudio is capable of powerful text manipulation with variables. See manipulating text with variables for a full rundown.
Levels can be associated with a text item by selecting them from the Levels
dropdown list (Figure 3) and clicking Save. Alternatively, the Associating levels with multiple text items method below can also be used.
x
on their label (Figure 3) and clicking Save. Alternatively, the Dissociating levels from multiple text items method below can also be used.
Levels can be dissociated from one or more text items by first selecting the items (using their respective checkboxes) and then selecting Remove levels in the toolbar above the text items table.