Understanding Weighted Question Scoring

»To understand weighted question scoring

Select and expand the project in the Connections and Projects tree and click the Surveys branch.

Iasta SmartSource lists the surveys for the project in the right pane. Select the Responses/Reporting link below the survey name to open the Survey Response Management window.

Survey Response Management Window

Select the check boxes of the respondents and evaluators you wish to review or click on the toolbar and select "Check All".
Select the check boxes of the sections and questions you wish to review or click on the toolbar and select "Check All". From the Question View tab you can view respondent answers, AutoScores, evaluator scores, and Average Scores for each attendee and question you selected. Note that question scores are displayed relative to the maximum score with no question weight applied. In the following example, the maximum score for question 8.3 is 10.

Click the Score View tab. Note that question scores are displayed relative to their weight within the section. In the following example, the question weight for question 8.1 is 8. For Joe Hewlett's answer, Iasta SmartSource has taken the original score (3 / 10), and applied a question weight of 8 to produce a weighted score of 2 / 8.

Iasta SmartSource used the following method to calculate the weighted question score:

If Significant Digits is set to zero, Iasta SmartSource rounds the weighted score to 2 / 8.

Iasta SmartSource rounds to the nearest whole number by default, the displayed average score is 2/8. To display fractions in decimal form, increase the number in the Significant Digits box by selecting the number of decimal places you want to display.