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Hi all,
I've created a survey in Microsoft Forms which I have connected to Power BI. I've previously analyzed the data in Excel, but to make it more dynamic I'd like to create a report in Power BI instead.
The survey consist of:
- 50 questions (likert scale).
- 7 Dimensions (e.g. each dimension contain a set of questions)
| disagree | Disagree | Agree | agree |
Score for positive items | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Score for reversed items | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Some of the questions in the survey are negatively formulated. Meaning, that they use a reversed version of the likert scale.
| Positively formulated items | Reversed formulated items |
Dimension 1- management safety priority and ability (9 items): | A1, A2, A4, A6, A7 | A3, A5, A8, A9 |
Dimension 2 – management safety empowerment (7 items): | A10, A11, A12, A14, A16 | A13, A15 |
Dimension 3 – management safety justice (6 items): | A17, A19, A20, A22 | A18, A21 |
Dimension 4 – workers’ safety commitment (6 items): | A23, A24, A27 | A25, A26, A28 |
Dimension 5 - workers’ safety priority and risk non-acceptance (7 items): | A33 | A29, A30, A31, A32, A34, A35 |
Dimension 6 – Peer safety communication learning, and trust in safety ability (8 items): | A36, A37, A38, A39, A40, A42, A43 | A41 |
Dimension 7 – workers’ trust in efficacy of safety systems (7 items): | A44, A46, A48, A50 | A45, A47, A49 |
The mean score for each respondent is calculated with the following formula:
(A1+A2+(4-A3)+A4+(4-A5)+A6+A7+(4-A8)+(4-A9)) / Number of answered items
The question is if it's possible to replicate this in Power BI? It would make the management of it quite easier as I could set a dynamic refresh of the report.
Hi @Joakim_gg
Please download the attachment to see the transformation steps in Power Query Editor. I add two tables ScoreProperty and QuestionProperty in it. In Positively formulated column, 1 represents positively formulated and -1 represents negatively formulated.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Jing
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| 3 | 1. Management safety priority and ability | 2. Management safety empowerment | 3. Management safety justice | 4. Workers' safety commitment | 5. Workers safety priority and risk non-acceptance | 6. Safety communication , learning and trust in co-workers safety competence | 7. Workers trust in efficiency of safety systems | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | country | branch | site | group | A | B | C | a1 | a2 | a3r | a4 | a5r | a6 | a7 | a8r | a9r | M | a10 | a11 | a12 | a13r | a14 | a15r | a16 | M | a17 | a18r | a19 | a20 | a21r | a22 | M | a23 | a24 | a25r | a26r | a27 | a28r | M | a29r | a30r | a31r | a32r | a33 | a34r | a35r | M | a36 | a37 | a38 | a39 | a40 | a41r | a42 | a43 | M | a44 | a45r | a46 | a47r | a48 | a49r | a50 | M |
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1,777778 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2,428571 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2,5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1,833333 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2,857143 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2,625 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3,142857 | |||||||
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2,333333 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2,714286 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2,833333 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1,833333 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2,714286 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2,25 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2,142857 | |||||||
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