Calculating mean scores after banding a quantity variable
The following example uses the Crocodile Rock Cafe survey supplied with Snap XMP Desktop. Question 8 is an attitude question, asking respondents to rate their experience on a scale of 1 (poor) to 10 (excellent). It is a quantity variable, so to find out how many people entered each value, it must be banded into […]
Weight reports
Click on to display the Weight Report dialog box. A default report title is entered which you can update with a more suitable title. This dialog has three different report formats: Detailed, single column Produces a report showing all the elements of each weight, as specified in the Weight Details window, in a single column […]
Using weights to calculate the difference in rating
Sometimes Weights are used as part of a calculation. They give different scores to the responses, so you can convert a variable code into another value for calculation. You can use weights to subtract the negative from the positive values of a rating scale variable. By using this data in a statistics table, you can […]
Using a weight to convert responses into numerical values
You may wish to further analyse questions by converting the response given into a numerical score, and using this to provide summaries of respondents’ answers. The example shows how to convert a ratings scale into a numerical value, so you can get an average value for the qualities that are being rated. The questions to […]
Increasing or decreasing the size of a sample group
You could change the size of the sample group in the same way that you changed the proportions (balance) of a sample group. You would only need to choose different target figures (e.g. set the target number of males to be 150 and set the target number of females to be 100). If you simply […]
Using RIM weighting to balance sample proportions
Balancing the sample of data responses allows you to adjust the proportion of respondents in your sample to match more closely the proportion in the target population. This target may align the demographics of the respondents to those in a census or an industry benchmark. For example, you can balance the age of respondents to […]
Counting items other than respondents
The following example uses the Crocodile Rock Cafe Survey. A table is weighted to show the results for each member of the party rather than for the party as a whole. Click to display the Analysis Definition dialog box. Specify the Analysis as Q6a to build a table of Q6a, “How do you rate the […]
Using weights
A Weight may be used in several different ways: To create means in mean score tables To count items other than respondents, such as, amounts of money To change the proportions/balance of a sample group To increase/decrease the size of a sample group As part of a calculation Multiple Response variables cannot be weighted and […]
Interviewer (Google Android) release notes
Download latest Interviewer (Google Android) update Follow the instructions Installing on devices running Google Android to install the latest release of the Interviewer app. Release 2.2.19 Release date: 4th February 2026 Features Fixes Release 2.00 Release date: 12th September 2024 Features Fixes Release 1.12.3 Release date: 14th February 2024 Fixes Release 1.12 Release date: 12th October 2023 […]
Interviewer (Apple iOS) release notes
Download latest Interviewer (Apple iOS) update Follow the instructions Installing on devices running Apple iOS to install the latest release of the Interviewer app. Release 2.2.19 Release date: 4th February 2026 Features Fixes Release 2.00 Release date: 9th September 2024 Features Fixes Release 1.12 Release date: 12th October 2023 Features Fixes Release 1.11.1 Release date: […]