Delete all cases of one session — delete

Delete cases from specific sessions in all data frames in the oTree list of data frames.

Caution 1: This function does not delete cases from the original CSV and Excel files!

Caution 2: This function does not delete cases from custom exports if the custom exports do not have a variable named participant.code and a variable named session.code!

Usage

delete_sessions(oTree, scodes, saved_vars = NULL, reason, info = FALSE)

Arguments

oTree: A list of data frames that were created by import_otree.
scodes: Character. The session.code(s) of the session(s) whose data should be removed.
saved_vars: Character. The name(s) of variable(s) that need(s) to be stored in the list of information on deleted cases in $info$deleted_cases.
reason: Character. The reason for deletion that should be stored in the list of information on deleted cases in $info$deleted_cases.
info: Logical. TRUE if a brief information on the session deletion process should be printed.

Value

This function returns a duplicate of the original oTree list of data frames that do not include the deleted sessions.

It adds information on the deleted cases to $info$deleted_cases. (This list is also filled by other functions.)

In this list, you can find the following information:

- $full and $unique = The data frames $full

and $unique contain information on all participants whose data were deleted. The entries to the $full

and the $unique data frames in this list are the same. Columns end_app

and end_page are left empty intentionally because they are only filled by the delete_dropouts

function. Columns participant.code and reason are filled.

- $codes = A vector containing the participant codes of all deleted participants.

- $count = The number of all deleted participants.

Examples

# Use package-internal list of oTree data frames
oTree <- gmoTree::oTree

# First, show some row numbers
print(paste(nrow(oTree$all_apps_wide), nrow(oTree$survey),
nrow(oTree$Time), nrow(oTree$Chats)))
#> [1] "29 25 289 35"

# Delete one session
oTree2 <- delete_sessions(oTree,
  scodes = "7bfqtokx",
  reason = "Only tests")

# Show row numbers
print(paste(nrow(oTree2$all_apps_wide), nrow(oTree2$survey),
nrow(oTree2$Time), nrow(oTree2$Chats)))
#> [1] "20 16 166 14"

# Delete two sessions
oTree2 <- delete_sessions(oTree,
  scodes = c("7bfqtokx", "vd1h01iv"),
  reason = "Only tests")

# Show row numbers again
print(paste(nrow(oTree2$all_apps_wide), nrow(oTree2$survey),
nrow(oTree2$Time), nrow(oTree2$Chats)))
#> [1] "16 12 126 10"