{"id":33067,"date":"2016-11-04T01:50:46","date_gmt":"2016-11-04T08:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/?p=33067"},"modified":"2016-11-04T01:50:46","modified_gmt":"2016-11-04T08:50:46","slug":"customizing-spider-graphs-mean-vs-agreement-top-box-scoring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/customizing-spider-graphs-mean-vs-agreement-top-box-scoring\/","title":{"rendered":"Customizing Spider Graphs – Mean vs. % Agreement Top Box Scoring"},"content":{"rendered":"

You have collected the survey data, now it\u2019s time to analyze it! Want to understand the metrics behind our dashboard? What the difference between mean and % differ? Want to know how to customize your dashboard? Let\u2019s have a look at how this works.<\/p>\n

Customizable Spider Graphs – Mean Vs. % Agreement Top Box Scoring<\/h4>\n

Lately we\u2019ve found ourselves tinkering with our Workforce Data Visualization platform in an effort for businesses to seamlessly make sense of a large quantity of data. With spider graphs, Human Resource managers can visualize employee performance data on a single chart. This helps to quickly identify and act on emerging trends within their workplace.
\nTo get an idea of how we measure and report findings – let\u2019s take a step back and understand the underlying reporting values of a standard six-scale agreement, called Bipolar Likert Scale<\/a>. The scoring logic is set by default 1-5 with a score of 0 for not applicable responses.<\/p>\n

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For organizational leaders to make highly informed decisions, there are two powerful ways to interpret and manipulate data in real-time. This is by Mean (Spider Graph) and % Agreement Top Box Scoring. After survey responses are collected, results are displayed on QuestionPro\u2019s Analytics Dashboard using an intuitive spider graph.
\nThis has become extremely popular with an annual cultural survey which team members evaluate the company by mapping cultural value sets against each other. Using QuestionPro\u2019s dashboard, HR\u00a0Managers can gain insights to morale and identify any gaps which may be inhibiting growth.<\/p>\n

Mean (Spider Graph)<\/h4>\n

The mean uses every value in the data in a sample population. For that reason, the mean is a good representative of underlying data. Ironically, since a mean is an average of a set of numbers we typically do not find in this value in the raw data.
\nTo interpret a spider graph, a user needs to first identify the scale. In the example below, the axis represents the common six-point Likert agreement scale. By hovering over data points, we reveal the overall sentiment of the team is high engagement which is indicated by the highlighted data point is touching the outermost rim. Since the data points are plotted on the same two-dimensional chart, management can derive that more attention is needed around mission and morale initiatives. The overall mean score is incredibly powerful when data is compared and contrasted over time.<\/p>\n

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% Agreement Top Box Scoring<\/b><\/h4>\n

Top-box scoring systems main benefit is simplicity and quickly assessing results. In the absence of benchmarks or historical data, managers look at so-called top-box scoring. You might be asking yourself how QuestionPro groups value\u00a0into \u201ctop box\u201d. It\u2019s actually quite simple – we tally the number of respondents which mark Agree & Strongly Agree.<\/p>\n

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To understand the sample population\u2019s level of agreement – we\u2019ve coupled top box scoring with the percentage of agreement. The idea behind this practice is that scores strong attitude with a statement are highlighted. For example, in our example of a cultural study the manager will infer that team members(100%) feel a strong sense of employee engagement and which draws attention to areas of improvement, such as, mission and morale.
\nKeep in mind spider graph mapping is extremely versatile and can also be applied to a variety of employee surveys.<\/p>\n

Got an idea on how we can we make this feature even better? Post it on QuestionPro Ideas!
\nhttp:\/\/ideas.questionpro.com\/a\/shIdea\/20654-388<\/p>\n

Workforce Dashboard Customization<\/h4>\n

You requested more dashboard customization options and we listened! In order to deliver the best employee survey resource platform, we added a variety of options to make reports represent the metrics which drives YOUR business. We\u2019ve added customized functionality such as toggle functionality for number of respondents, % Agreement, Distribution, mean, overall and sorting functions. Our workforce dashboard insanely easy and intuitive to customize – Let\u2019s take a look at how this works.
\nTo get started, click on the configuration icon at the top right corner of the section score tile.<\/p>\n

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Here you will find a variety of tile customization tools nested in Edit & Configure.<\/p>\n

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We\u2019ve designed our dashboard to be flexible in order to tailor for your specific needs. and fired on all data toggles – the preferred configuration used most commonly by our customers.
\nLet\u2019s break down dashboard metrics:<\/p>\n