Scores per topic and subtopic
The "Actual situation"-page shows various conclusions about the score of all the respondents together, of groups of respondents, and shows the color profiles.
- Select "Actual situation" in the menu.
- The conclusion shows the overall score and indicates which subtopics score the highest and lowest. The Virtual Consultant interprets that last combination.
- Matching graphs, visuals, and tables are visible when a conclusion is clicked.
- Specific extra items include a relevant scientific article that underpins the calculation.
- The icon that shows the questionnaire.
- And the pop up table shows the entire questionnaire and the scores on the subtopics.
Scores for each of the respondent groups
The second conclusion shows how each of their respondent groups score.
- Click the second conclusion.
- And see how each of the group's score. This table shows a maximum of 5 rows.
- Read what science has to say about this type of scoring.
- View the heat map for more details for individual respondent.
- And open the table that shows all the respondent groups and their score.
How does PRAIORITIZE calculate a score?
Imagine a question with three answers. Each answer is better than the previous one. The worst answer scores 0 out of 10, the middle answer scores 5 out of 10, and the best answer 10 out of 10. Suppose a subtopic scores one worst answer, three middle, and two best answers. The score for that subtopic is (1*0 + 3*5 + 2*10) / 6 = 5.8. The answers to a question with four answers score 0, 3.3, 6.6, and 10, respectively. Five answers? 0, 2.5, 5, 7.5, and 10. Two answers? 0 and 10. Any (sub-)total of questions and/or respondents always refers to the base answers given. PRAIORITIZE never uses an average of averages.
Assigning the red, amber, and green colors
To facilitate the interpretation of scores of questions and respondents, PRAIORITIZE adds a layer of colors (red, amber, green) to improve contrast among scores. For example, in the Heat Map, so many scores are visualized tightly together that having just the score would make it difficult to immediately see the essence of the assessment's results. These 'traffic light'-colors do not influence the score. They are just a visible overlay to make interpretation of the scores easier. When applicable, a graph's legend indicates the cut-off values, like here:
The Assessment Coordinator in your organization can change these cut-off values if needed.
Color profiles
The third conclusion shows the scores translated into colour profiles scores translated into color profiles. The colour profiles are defined in my questionnaires and our either generated by PRAIORITIZE or can be made to measure by the assessment owner.
- Click the third conclusion.
- Immediately below, you will see both the maximum 5 color profiles as well as the mix of respondents among these profiles.
- Click on the pop-out button to see the entire color map.
The color map
The color map shows the description of each profile, including a matching historical figure (1). The color map itself can be clicked to zoom in or zoom out of the respondents (2).