edu.umass.cs.surveyman.qc.biases

Class OrderBias

java.lang.Object

edu.umass.cs.surveyman.qc.biases.OrderBias

public class OrderBias
extends Object

Created by etosch on 10/24/15.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
OrderBias()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static OrderBiasStruct	calculateOrderBiases(Survey survey, List<? extends SurveyResponse> responses, double alpha) Searches for significant order biases observed in survey responses.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

OrderBias

public OrderBias()

Method Detail

calculateOrderBiases

public static OrderBiasStruct calculateOrderBiases(Survey survey,
                                   List<? extends SurveyResponse> responses,
                                   double alpha)
                                            throws SurveyException

Searches for significant order biases observed in survey responses.

Parameters:

survey - The survey these respondents answered.

responses - The list of actual or simulated responses to the survey.

alpha - The cutoff used for determining whether the bias is significant.

Returns:

An OrderBiasStruct object containing all of the values just computed.

Throws:

SurveyException