adding utils.py file

.gitignore

@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ visualizations/
 dummy_viz/
 models/
 data_*
+logs/*
 .idea
 results/
 personas/ANES/*
 .cache/*
+*__pycache__*

personas/utils.py

+
+def simulated_participant_to_name(simulated_participant, simulated_population_type):
+
+    if simulated_population_type in ["tolkien_characters"]:
+        return simulated_participant
+
+    elif simulated_population_type == "famous_people":
+        # e.g. "Marilyn Monroe (1926 – 1962) American actress, singer, model."
+        return simulated_participant.split(" (")[0]
+
+    elif simulated_population_type == "permutations":
+        return "CHATBOT"
+
+    elif simulated_population_type == "anes":
+        raise NotImplementedError(f"Participant name not implemented for population {simulated_population_type}.")
+
+    elif simulated_population_type == "llm_personas":
+        raise NotImplementedError(f"Participant name not implemented for population {simulated_population_type}.")
+
+    elif simulated_population_type == "user_personas":
+        raise NotImplementedError(f"Participant name not implemented for population {simulated_population_type}.")
+
+    else:
+        raise NotImplementedError(f"Participant name not implemented for population {simulated_population_type}.")
+
+
+