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How to best handle multiple choice matrix Qs

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Description

E.g. survey 188183011, page 3, question 1. I can try addressing the same way we treat question_type == "multiple choice", we can add the condition question_subtype == "multi".

I'm less clear what should go in the answer cell. Say you it's a survey about which foods you eat for which meals and you ultimately have the combined column header "dinner - cereal" created from a multiple choice matrix of column = meal and row = food. Should the cell value be cereal? Dinner? Right now it's the column, so dinner.

I'll implement that and leave this issue open. Related issues:

  • Is it friendlier to return a list-column for multiple choice questions? I think it's more elegant but less manageable for the lay-user.
  • Why is the function for parsing multiple-choice columns into a single table, tntpr::check_all_recode(), performing weirdly here?

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the multiple-choice matrix case from Survey 188183011, page 3, question 1, and inspect the existing question_type == "multiple choice" handling. Read tntpr::check_all_recode() and determine the intended answer-cell value for combined headers such as dinner - cereal; done means the matrix is handled consistently and the output convention is agreed.

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Tech stack
r
Domain
api, data
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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