We use percent favorable to give you an idea of what percentage of students/parents/staff responded favorably to a Pulse and its questions and associated dimensions. This gives you an indication of whether their answers are mostly positive or mostly negative.
Let's explore what this means...
Percent Favorable - Overall:
Percent of favorable responses for all questions. Calculated by counting all favorable answer choices. and dividing by the total number of answer choices in the Pulse.
Example: 30 favorable answer choices / 40 answer choices = 75% favorable
Percent Favorable - By Dimension:
Percent of favorable responses for questions aligned to a Dimension. Calculated by counting all favorable answer choices for the aligned question(s) and dividing by the total number of answers choices assessing that dimension.
Example: 60 favorable answer choices / 240 answer choices = 25% favorable
Percent Favorable - By Question:
Percent of favorable responses for a question. Calculated by counting all favorable answer choices for a question and dividing by that question’s number of answer choices.
Example: 60 favorable answer choices / 240 answer choices = 25% favorable
NOTE: If a participant skips any questions, those questions are not included in the favorability calculation.