Generate a multiple response vector

Creates a character vector where each element contains a comma-separated string of randomly sampled categories, simulating multiple response survey data.

Usage

generate_multiple_response_vector(
  responses = 1:4,
  responded = 1:4,
  length = 10
)

Arguments

responses

Integer or character vector. The pool of unique response categories to sample from. A single number n means the categories 1:n (e.g. responses = 4 is the same as 1:4). Default is 1:4.

responded

Integer vector. Controls how many categories are selected per observation — one value is sampled from this vector at each iteration. A single number k means "up to k": each observation gets a random number of categories between 1 and k (e.g. responded = 3 gives 1, 2 or 3 categories). The values should not exceed the number of categories in responses. Default is 1:4.

length

Integer. Number of observations to generate. Default is 10.

Value

A character vector of length length, where each element is a comma-separated string of sampled response categories.

Examples

generate_multiple_response_vector(responses = 1:4, responded = 1:4, length = 10)
#>  [1] "1"          "2, 4, 1, 3" "1, 2"       "4, 2, 3, 1" "4, 3, 2, 1" "3, 1, 2"    "4, 1, 3, 2" "2, 3, 1, 4" "2, 4, 1"    "2, 3"