Description
Return free-option count after mandatory/excluded overlap.
Adult-learning records allocate supplied participation, contact time, credits and optional requirements. A local fraction or eligibility predicate follows the chosen counting policy; it does not assess learning quality, recognize a qualification or establish contractual entitlement. Excluded and optional components can change the denominator.
Return free-option count after mandatory/excluded overlap.
When to use this tool
Use Task Autonomy Choice Budget when checking the stated adult-learning participation, requirement, text or time convention.
How to use the tool and how it works
- Enter availableOptions, mandated, excluded, mandatedExcluded. Use the units and conventions below.
- Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
- Read freeOptions. Use the output convention below.
Return free-option count after mandatory/excluded overlap. Require valid nonnegative whole counts with union <= available; freeOptions = available-mandated-excluded+mandatedExcluded.1
| Input field | Meaning and units | Accepted input |
|---|---|---|
| availableOptions | Available Options | Required. Safe integer; minimum 0. |
| mandated | Mandated | Required. Safe integer; minimum 0. |
| excluded | Excluded | Required. Safe integer; minimum 0. |
| mandatedExcluded | Mandated Excluded | Required. Safe integer; minimum 0. |
| Output field | Interpretation | Returned shape |
|---|---|---|
| freeOptions | Free Options | Required. Safe integer. |
{
"input": {
"availableOptions": 10,
"mandated": 2,
"excluded": 3,
"mandatedExcluded": 1
},
"output": {
"freeOptions": 6
}
}Limitations and assumptions
- Counts do not prove actual choice, autonomy, course suitability or adequate accessibility.
- Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.
- Numeric calculations use binary floating point unless exact decimal-integer arithmetic is explicitly stated. No hidden measurement tolerance or decimal rounding is added; nonfinite or out-of-contract results are rejected. Numeric signed-zero results are exported as zero.
Alternative or Complementary methods
Review the actual course plan, learner needs and governing credit/recognition policy with the responsible educational team for substantive decisions.
References
Similar or alternative tools
- Learner Choice Count Share
Return chosen/offered option share with an empty-base flag.
- Learning Goal Optional Share
Return selected optional-goal share.