Points in a Session

A point names a moment in a session at which a message can be injected or a probe asked. fg_after_item(k) is the moment just after the moderator's line for item k of the guide, before any participant answers it. fg_before_turn(t) is the moment just before the t-th participant turn of the session, counting from 1 across all questions, before the speaker of that turn is chosen. A probe may also be asked at "start", before the moderator's first line, or at "end", after the last message, the closing line included, and before the final summary. A probe or an injection may be placed at "before_closing", after the last discussion item and the call-ons that follow it and before the closing line; in a guide without a closing item it comes just before "end".

Usage

fg_after_item(k)

fg_before_turn(t)

Arguments

k

One positive whole number, the guide item.

t

One positive whole number, the participant turn.

Value

An object of class fg_point.

Details

Guide items are numbered in the order the session runs them: with guide = c(Opening = 1, Icebreaker = 1, Engagement = 2, Exploration = 3, Closing = 1), item 4 is the second engagement question.

Participant turns count every reply, those that answer the moderator's call-on lines among them (see call_on_silent in run_focus_group()). When fg_before_turn(t) falls on the reply to a call-on line, it comes after that line. A custom turn-taking flow can end the discussion of an item by choosing no participant (NULL) or the moderator; that choice is not a turn and has no routing record. The point has then already come, so when call-ons follow, fg_before_turn(t) falls before the call-on line whose reply is turn t.

See also

fg_injection(), fg_probe(), run_focus_group_arms().

Examples

fg_after_item(4)
#> <fg_point> fg_after_item(4)
fg_before_turn(7)
#> <fg_point> fg_before_turn(7)