edu.umass.cs.surveyman.qc.respondents

Class NonRandomRespondent

java.lang.Object

edu.umass.cs.surveyman.qc.respondents.AbstractRespondent

edu.umass.cs.surveyman.qc.respondents.NonRandomRespondent

public class NonRandomRespondent
extends AbstractRespondent

Simulates a cluster of responses.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected Map<Question,SurveyDatum>	answers
protected Map<SurveyDatum,Double>	strength

Fields inherited from class edu.umass.cs.surveyman.qc.respondents.AbstractRespondent

LOGGER, rng

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
NonRandomRespondent(Survey survey)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
AbstractRespondent	copy() Returns a copy of this respondent type.
SurveyResponse	getResponse() Method to obtain the simulated survey response for the survey that this respondent was instantiated with.

Methods inherited from class edu.umass.cs.surveyman.qc.respondents.AbstractRespondent

generateStringComponent, getDenominator

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

answers

protected Map<Question,SurveyDatum> answers

strength

protected Map<SurveyDatum,Double> strength

Constructor Detail

NonRandomRespondent

public NonRandomRespondent(Survey survey)

Method Detail

getResponse

public SurveyResponse getResponse()

Description copied from class: AbstractRespondent

Method to obtain the simulated survey response for the survey that this respondent was instantiated with.

Specified by:

getResponse in class AbstractRespondent

Returns:

The respondent's answer to the survey.

copy

public AbstractRespondent copy()

Description copied from class: AbstractRespondent

Returns a copy of this respondent type. Use when running simulation. Otherwise, the entire pool of respondents will be the same object and quality control won't work.

Specified by:

copy in class AbstractRespondent

Returns:

New respondent, based on the same policy as this respondent.