Scoring forms

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    Summary of Scoring Forms

    The scoring forms in ServiceNow are utilized to configure how assessments are scored. They provide various methods for calculating scores based on different levels of assessment detail, including questions, subsections, and sections. Understanding these scoring forms enables you to tailor assessments to reflect the importance and performance of individual items accurately.

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    Key Features

    • Group By: Choose how scores are calculated—either by combining scores from all sections or all individual questions.
    • Apply Function: Select a function to calculate the score, including options like Average, Maximum, Minimum, Sum, or Weighted Average.
    • Question Weight: Adjust the significance of each question within a section, defaulting to a weight of 1.
    • Scoring When Unanswered: Configure how scores are assigned when questions or sections are unanswered, with options for default scores.
    • Section and Subsection Weight: Similar to question weight, you can assign importance to subsections and sections in relation to the overall assessment.

    Key Outcomes

    By effectively using the scoring forms, you can achieve a more nuanced and accurate assessment of performance. This allows for better insight into participant responses, ensuring that the scoring reflects the true contributions of each question, subsection, and section. Adjusting weights and scoring functions provides flexibility to meet specific assessment goals and requirements.

    Learn about the fields of the scoring forms. Use this form while configuring scoring for an assessment.

    Assessment scoring form

    Table 1. Assessment scoring form details
    Field Description
    Group By Option to select how the assessment score is calculated.
    All sections together
    Score is calculated by combining the scores from all sections.
    All questions together
    Score is calculated by combining the scores of all individual questions.
    Apply function Function used to calculate the assessment score. For example if you select sum, scores for questions are added and that is the final score.
    The following function can be used:
    Average
    The sum of all scores is divided by the number of sections or questions.
    Maximum
    The maximum score among all sections or questions is selected.
    Minimum
    The minimum score among all sections or questions is selected.
    Sum
    Scores for all sections or questions are added.
    Weighted average
    A weighted average assigns greater importance to values based on their weight. To calculate it, multiply each question, section or subsections score by its weight, sum up the results, and divide by the total weight.

    Question scoring form

    Table 2. Question scoring form details
    Field Description
    Scores Relevant score for the option. For number question types, the assessor's numeric response is used as the score.
    Question Weight Question weight shows how important a question is within the section or subsection, affecting its impact on the section or subsection's score. By default, the weight is added as 1. You can update it as necessary.
    Scoring when unanswered If questions are unanswered, this setting determines how they’re scored.
    Note:
    By default, the option Skip scoring if question is unanswered is checked. If you cleared this option, the Default score field is displayed.
    Default score Default score for the question, which is used in case the question goes unanswered.

    Subsection scoring form

    Table 3. Subsection scoring form details
    Field Description
    Apply function Function used to calculate the subsection score. For example if you select sum, scores for questions are added and that is the final score.
    The following function can be used:
    Average
    The sum of all scores is divided by the number of sections or questions.
    Maximum
    The maximum score among all sections or questions is selected.
    Minimum
    The minimum score among all sections or questions is selected.
    Sum
    Scores for all sections or questions are added.
    Weighted average
    A weighted average assigns greater importance to values based on their weight. To calculate it, multiply each question, section or subsections score by its weight, sum up the results, and divide by the total weight.
    Subsection weight Subsection weight shows how important a subsection is within a section, affecting its contribution to the section's score. By default, the weight is added as 1. You can update it as necessary.
    Scoring when subsection is unanswered If all questions within a subsection remain unanswered, this setting determines how they’re scored.
    Note:
    By default, the option Skip scoring if all scored questions are unanswered and default values have not been set is checked. If you cleared this option, the Set default score for subsection field is displayed.
    Set default score for subsection Default score for the subsection, which is used in case the all questions within the subsection are unanswered.

    Section scoring form

    Table 4. Section scoring form details
    Field Description
    Group By Option to select how the section score is calculated.
    All subsections together
    Score is calculated by combining the scores from all subsections.
    All questions together
    Score is calculated by combining the scores of all individual questions.
    Apply function Function used to calculate the Section score. For example if you select sum, scores for questions are added and that is the final score.
    The following function can be used:
    Average
    The sum of all scores is divided by the number of sections or questions.
    Maximum
    The maximum score among all sections or questions is selected.
    Minimum
    The minimum score among all sections or questions is selected.
    Sum
    Scores for all sections or questions are added.
    Weighted average
    A weighted average assigns greater importance to values based on their weight. To calculate it, multiply each question, section or subsections score by its weight, sum up the results, and divide by the total weight.
    Section weight Section weight shows how important a section is within an assessment, affecting its contribution to the assessment's score. By default, the weight is added as 1. You can update it as necessary.
    Scoring when section is unanswered If all questions within a section remain unanswered, this setting determines how they’re scored.
    Note:
    By default, the option Skip scoring if all scored questions are unanswered and default values have not been set is checked. If you cleared this option, the Set default score for section field is displayed.
    Set default score for section Default score for the section, which is used in case all questions within the section are unanswered.