cmAnalysis (version 1.0.0)

numberOfSorters: Count the Number of Sorters in Concept Map Data

Description

This function calculates the number of unique sorters (users) in a given concept mapping dataset.

Usage

numberOfSorters(CMData, verbose = TRUE)

Value

An integer representing the number of unique sorters in the dataset.

Arguments

CMData

A data frame containing concept map data. This must include a column named "sorterID".

verbose

A logical, if TRUE, the function will print the number of sorters.

Details

The function first checks if the provided dataset is suitable for concept mapping using the
checkConceptMapData function. If the data is valid, it calculates and returns the number of unique sorterIDs.

Examples

# Example of valid data
CMData <- data.frame(
    sorterID = c("resp1", "resp1", "resp1", "resp2",
     "resp2", "resp2", "resp3", "resp3", "resp3"),
   statement = c("London", "Frankfurt", "Berlin", "London",
    "Frankfurt", "Berlin", "London", "Frankfurt", "Berlin"),
    stackID = c("capital city", "city", "capital city", 1, 2, 2, "A", "B", "A")
)

# Count the number of sorters silently
numberOfSorters(CMData, verbose = FALSE)

# Count the number of sorters with message
numberOfSorters(CMData)