##  Assigning Weights to Questions
When using calculated fields, you can assign weights to different questions, which allows you to emphasize certain questions over others in your analysis. This is particularly useful when some questions in your survey are more important than others. Weights can be distributed equally or unequally amongst the questions based on your specific needs.
The survey in this example has four questions, where each question has a different weight based on its importance. The second question is considered more important and thus assigned a larger weight. All questions are of the single-select (radio) type.
Question | Weight | Answer Options and Scores
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Assess the compliance of this technology with our organization's security standards. | 0.25 |
  * Fully compliant:1
  * Partially compliant: 2
  * Not compliant: 3


Rate the level of support provided by the vendor for this technology. | 0.40 |
  * Excellent support:1
  * Adequate support: 2
  * Poor support: 3


Assess the sensitivity of the data handled by this technology. | 0.10 |
  * Low sensitivity: 1
  * Medium sensitivity: 2
  * High sensitivity: 3


Assess the potential impact on operations if this technology were to fail. | 0.25 |
  * Low impact: 1
  * Medium impact: 2
  * High impact: 3


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Here's how you can set up a calculated field for this scenario:
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// Define the weight for each question, the total weight is 1 (100%)
const wb1 = 0.25; // weight for first question
const wb2 = 0.40; // weight for second question
const wb3 = 0.10; // weight for third question
const wb4 = 0.25; // weight for fourth question

// Initialize a variable for the score of each question
var score1 = 0; // for first question
var score2 = 0; // for second question
var score3 = 0; // for third question
var score4 = 0; // for fourth question

// Initialize a variable for the total score
var totalScore = 0;

// Assign a value to each answer of the first question
score1 += answers[0] === 'Fully compliant' ? 1 : 0;
score1 += answers[0] === 'Partially compliant' ? 2 : 0;
score1 += answers[0] === 'Not compliant' ? 3 : 0;

// Assign a value to each answer of the second question
score2 += answers[1] === 'Excellent support' ? 1 : 0;
score2 += answers[1] === 'Adequate support' ? 2 : 0;
score2 += answers[1] === 'Poor support' ? 3 : 0;

// Assign a value to each answer of the third question
score3 += answers[2] === 'Low sensitivity' ? 1 : 0;
score3 += answers[2] === 'Medium sensitivity' ? 2 : 0;
score3 += answers[2] === 'High sensitivity' ? 3 : 0;

// Assign a value to each answer of the fourth question
score4 += answers[3] === 'Low impact' ? 1 : 0;
score4 += answers[3] === 'Medium impact' ? 2 : 0;
score4 += answers[3] === 'High impact' ? 3 : 0;

// Calculate the total score by multiplying each question score by its corresponding weight and summing up all scores
totalScore = score1*wb1 + score2*wb2 + score3*wb3 + score4*wb4;

// Return the total weighted score in the calculated field
return totalScore;

```

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In this code, each question has a different weight (wb1, wb2, and so on), and a score is calculated for each question based on the answers. The total score is then calculated by multiplying each question score by its corresponding weight and summing up all the scores. This provides a weighted total score that takes into account the importance of each question.
