Cleveland Family Study

15.1 Procedures

15.1.1 Computer Setup

1. From MS DOS mode, you will see “C:\Windows>”
2. Type 'cd..' and 'cd CPT'
3. At the CPT> prompt, type 'CPT'
4. At the main screen, go to Administration
5. Select Standard Practice which will start 2 minute practice

15.1.2 Participant Practice

Explain to the participant the following: “This test is for 14 minutes straight and we can’t stop it so if you need to get a drink or use the bathroom now is the time to do it. This test shows letters, one at a time. You’re going to watch the computer screen and you will click the space bar quickly for any letter except for X. So, what will you do when you see the letter A? The letter T? The letter X?” (Confirm that the participant responds with ‘click the space bar for all letters except X').

“Okay this is a two minute practice test. Press the spacebar whenever you’re ready to start."

Press Ctrl+End after participant is finished with the test and the screen displays ‘Call the Tester’.

15.1.3 Test Administration

1. From the Administration menu, select Start Test.
2. Enter on first and second line First initial of last and first Name.
3. Click F10 button.
4. Explain to the participant the following: “I can’t help you out once the test has started. Do you have any questions? (Respond to any questions, if any) I’ll tell you when you’re halfway done and when you have one minute left. If you ask me, ‘how much longer?’ I can’t tell you.”
5. Prompt to Start Test. Test will begin.
6. When test is over, only two prompts are allowed (‘Attend to the Test’ and ‘Call Tester’).
7. Select Ctrl+End to exit this screen.
8. The screen will show Initial RPT.
9. Type over it with the Subject# RPT.
   • Family Study will use a 5 then the 4-digit personi number when saving the file.
   • When a personi is three digits a “0” will be added to the beginning of the personi. (Ex. personi 400 would read 50400.)
10. Hit F10 button to accept changes.
11. To Exit, select Report > Y > N > Y > Initial #.