Scoring Scripts

Depending on the purpose of the script, you might choose to score the script based on the respondent's answers. You can score both linear and branch scripts. For a script to be scored, at least one of the questions in the script must contain a question weight, and the answer to that question must have a score value.

You must also associate a rate set with the script. The rate set is used to put the script score in context. For example, a script score of 10 does not necessarily tell a user anything about the respondent's situation. Therefore, the system associates the script score with the corresponding value in the rate set to give the score meaning. For example, the value of 10 might correspond to High Priority in the rate set that is associated with one script, but might correspond to Low Priority in the rate set that is associated with another script.

The system performs these steps to calculate the score of a script:

1. The system totals the question weight value of each question in a script, and then divides the total by the weight of each question in that script that has a question weight, to determine the question percentage for each question.

2. The system multiplies the question percentage by the answer score of the selected answer to determine the score for the question.

3. The system totals the score for each question in the script to determine the script score.

4. The system compares the script score to the rate set that is associated with the script to determine the meaning of the script score.