edu.umass.cs.surveyman.qc.respondents

Class RandomRespondent

java.lang.Object

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

edu.umass.cs.surveyman.qc.respondents.RandomRespondent

public class RandomRespondent
extends AbstractRespondent

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	RandomRespondent.AdversaryType

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
RandomRespondent.AdversaryType	adversaryType
static Gensym	gensym
String	id
Survey	survey

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

LOGGER, rng

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
RandomRespondent(Survey survey, RandomRespondent.AdversaryType adversaryType)

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

gensym

public static final Gensym gensym

survey

public final Survey survey

adversaryType

public final RandomRespondent.AdversaryType adversaryType

id

public final String id

Constructor Detail

RandomRespondent

public RandomRespondent(Survey survey,
                RandomRespondent.AdversaryType adversaryType)
                 throws SurveyException

Throws:

SurveyException

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()
                        throws SurveyException

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.

Throws:

SurveyException