Criteria section calculation

For user-defined criteria, weights can only be specified at the section level. If you do not specify a weight for the section, the entire section is ignored.

Criteria within a user-defined criteria section all use the same rating scale. Criteria that use other types of responses (yes/no, text, or multiple choice) are ignored in the calculation.

  1. Each criteria score is calculated with this information to form the equivalent level against the overall rating scale levels: 
    Normalized Score = (1 + ((Score - 1) * (Overall Rating Scale Levels - 1)) / (Rating Scale Levels - 1))
  2. Add the resulting normalized scores and then divide by the number of criteria.
  3. The resulting score is the criteria section score that is displayed on the appraisal summary, in text and graph.

Example

Score Rating scale Linear calculation
Criteria 1 2 6 (1+((2-1)*(5-1))/(6-1))=1.800000
Criteria 2 5 6 (1+((5-1)*(5-1))/(6-1))=4.200000
Criteria 3 3 6 (1+((3-1)*(5-1))/(6-1))=2.600000
Criteria 4 4 6 (1+((4-1)*(5-1))/(6-1))=3.400000

Criteria section score

((1.000000 + 4.200000 + 2.600000 + 3.400000) / 4)

= 3.00