1  Compile Raw Data

Data Preparation

Data is collected locally on running room computers in the lab. Each computer will have a different combination of data from each subject and session number. On the running room computers the data is organized by session / task

📁 Session 1

     📁 1. OSpan

     📁 2. RAPM

     📁 3. Antisaccade

     📁 And so on

📁 Session 2

📁 Session 3

📁 Session 4

Ideally, we want the data organized just by task (we also like to get rid of the number in the folder name). And each task folder to have all the data from all subjects that have participated.

📁 OSpan

📁 RAPM

📁 Antisaccade

We use a copy_to_drive.R script to compile the raw data from all the computers onto a Network Drive and at the same time reorgnize the data by task.

Note

You can find a template for the copy_to_drive.R script file on the Network Drive

The template looks something link:

SharePoint - Data Collection

Link to SharePoint

We use the Network Drive simply to transfer data files to the lab’s SharePoint, where the data will be permanently stored. A SharePoint/Data Collection/[Study Name] directory is where ALL the raw data files for that data collection effort are stored.

The organization of data files and scripts looks something like:

📁 data

     📁 raw (created from _raw.R scripts)

           📄 OSpan_raw.csv

           📄 RAPM_raw.csv

           📄 Antisaccade_raw.csv

           📁 messy (original files created from task program)

                 📁 OSpan

                       📄 OSpan_subjID.txt

                 📁 RAPM

                 📁 Antisaccade

📁 R

     📄 OSpan_raw.R

     📄 RAPM_raw.R

     📄 Antisaccade_raw.R