Recover the Recorded Responses Given that Ranking Items were Randomized
Source:R/recover_recorded_responses.R
recover_recorded_responses.RdThis function, using the order of the items that was presented to the respondent as well as the true responses to the ranking question, recovers the recorded responses, or the responses that the respondent actually provided, ignoring the order in which the items were presented.
Arguments
- true_order
A string representing the true ranking of the respondent with respect to the reference choice set.
- presented_order
A string representing the order of the items that were presented to the respondent.
- df
The input data frame. Defaults to NULL. If NULL, the function expects inputs as simple strings such as "321" or "312".
Details
This is to see if behavior such as diagonalization occurred. Most survey software will take the recorded response and translate it into the true ranking of the respondent (observed ranking), but not providing the recorded response.
For example, given a reference choice set of three items, A, B, and C, the respondent may have been presented with the items in the order C, B, A, and may have responded with 3-2-1 as a recorded response. The true order of the items is A, B, C, so the observed/true ranking is 1-2-3. This function takes C, B, A and 1-2-3 as inputs and returns 3-2-1.
Examples
## This respondent's true ranking reported is A-B-C-D.
## However, the items were presented in the order B-A-D-C.
## Therefore, the respondent's recorded response is 2-1-4-3.
recover_recorded_responses(true_order = "1234", "2143") ## Output: "2143"
#> [1] "2143"
## This respondent's true ranking is reported as D-C-B-A.
## However, the items were presented in the order A-B-C-D.
## Therefore, the respondent's recorded response is 4-3-2-1.
recover_recorded_responses(true_order = "4321", "1234") ## Output: "4321"
#> [1] "4321"
## This respondent's true ranking is reported as C-A-D-B.
## However, the items were presented in the order D-C-B-A.
## Therefore, the respondent's recorded response is 3-1-4-2.
recover_recorded_responses(true_order = "2413", "4321") ## Output: "3142"
#> [1] "3142"