# Rating two scales simultaneously

**URL:** <https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/rating-two-scales-simultaneously/8605>\
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**Created:** [July 23, 2019, 10:01am UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/rating-two-scales-simultaneously/8605 "2019-07-23T10:01:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![sean0820](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@sean0820](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/sean0820)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2019, 10:01am UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/rating-two-scales-simultaneously/8605/1 "2019-07-23T10:01:55Z")

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Hi everyone,

I’m developing an experiment where in each trial participants need to complete two rating scales. I want to design a scale like the one shown in the photo below, where I can click anywhere inside the square and then get two rating responses simultaneously. I am wondering whether and how this design can be implemented through Psychopy. Many thanks for your help in advance!  
 ![12](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/psychopy/original/3X/d/1/d1e9cccd36ec5696be544155093c7261a9bb1188.png)

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**Author:** ![Yiannis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.psychopy.org/yiannis/32/35056_2.png) [@Yiannis](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/Yiannis)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2019, 11:03am UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/rating-two-scales-simultaneously/8605/2 "2019-07-23T11:03:36Z")

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Yep, if I understand correctly your question this is doable.  
Attached an example.  
Note:

- In Experiment Settings → Screen I canged the Units from height to pix.
- I added a warning message that will appear if participants click outside of the square
- I leave it to you to modify the text I added and add text around the square.
- there are 4 trials

The output will give you the coordinates of the mouse when clicked. You can convert these to a more meaninful measurement post-data collection or live when ruinning the exp if you know how to do it.[ratingScale.psyexp](https://discourse.psychopy.org/uploads/short-url/9t9pJTaAzzgiColRrkXuAjLvwms.psyexp) (14.7 KB)

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**Author:** ![sean0820](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@sean0820](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/sean0820)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 3:35pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/rating-two-scales-simultaneously/8605/3 "2019-07-24T15:35:17Z")

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Hi Yiannis,

Sorry for replying late, and many thanks for sending me the example! I tried it and It works well for me when i made moderate reponses (i.e. around the center area); however, when i attempted to make a more extreme one (clicking the near the edge area), the rating cannot be completed and the trial cannot move to the next one. Would this also happen to you?

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**Author:** ![Yiannis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.psychopy.org/yiannis/32/35056_2.png) [@Yiannis](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/Yiannis)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 6:32pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/rating-two-scales-simultaneously/8605/4 "2019-07-24T18:32:45Z")

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Yes, it works for all 4 edges plus whatever is inside. Did you follow bullet point 1 in my reply?

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**Author:** ![sean0820](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@sean0820](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/sean0820)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 11:06am UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/rating-two-scales-simultaneously/8605/5 "2019-07-25T11:06:10Z")

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Yes, i did changed the units from height to pix, but the square rating scale cannot work properly in my side. It’s quite weird as if we set the sq\_frame as the clickable stimuli, then clicking anywhere inside should work (as how it works on your side)… I’ll try with another device and see how it goes…