random_mctq: Build a random MCTQ case

In mctq: Tools to Process the Munich ChronoType Questionnaire (MCTQ)

Build a random MCTQ case

Description

random_mctq builds a fictional Munich ChronoType Questionnaire (MCTQ) case composed of MCTQ basic/measurable variables.

This function is for testing and learning purposes only. Please don't misuse it.

Usage

random_mctq(model = "standard")

Arguments

model

A string indicating the data model to return. Valid values are: "standard", "shift", and "micro" (default: "standard").

Details

The case structure (variable names and classes) are the same as the datasets provided by the mctq package. See ?std_mctq, ?micro_mctq and ?shift_mctq to learn more.

Requirements

This function requires the stats package. This won't be an issue for most people since the package comes with a standard R installation.

If you don't have the stats package, you can install it with install.packages("stats").

Cases

Random standard and micro MCTQ cases were created with the general population in mind. The data was set to resemble the distribution parameters shown in Roenneberg, Wirz-Justice, & Merrow (2003).

MCTQ Shift random cases were created based on the shift configuration from "Study Site 1" shown in Vetter, Juda, & Roenneberg (2012). The data was set to resemble the distribution parameters shown in Juda, Vetter, & Roenneberg (2013).

You can see more about the distribution parameters used here.

Value

A named list with elements representing each MCTQ basic/measurable variable of the model indicated in the model argument.

References

Juda, M., Vetter, C., & Roenneberg, T. (2013). The Munich ChronoType Questionnaire for shift-workers (MCTQ Shift). Journal of Biological Rhythms, 28(2), 130-140. doi: 10.1177/0748730412475041

Roenneberg, T., Wirz-Justice, A., & Merrow, M. (2003). Life between clocks: daily temporal patterns of human chronotypes. Journal of Biological Rhythms, 18(1), 80-90. doi: 10.1177/0748730402239679

Vetter, C., Juda, M., & Roenneberg, T. (2012). The influence of internal time, time awake, and sleep duration on cognitive performance in shiftworkers. Chronobiology International, 29(8), 1127-1138. doi: 10.3109/07420528.2012.707999

See Also

Other utility functions: pretty_mctq(), raw_data()

Examples

## Not run: 
random_mctq("standard")
random_mctq("micro")
random_mctq("shift")

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mctq documentation built on March 7, 2023, 8:22 p.m.