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Hey ​@paulas.brady , apology for the missed question, and ​@Strategyteam ,

Please see the below section from our Ranking Poll help article (also hyperlinked for future resources).

How we calculate the scores

With the ranking poll, participants essentially give points to each option. The higher someone ranks an option, the more points it receives. Using an example of participants needing to rank 3 options, the option ranked first receives 3 points, the second gets 2 points and the third gets 1 point.

Once voting is over, we count up these points for each option and divide it by the number of people who participated in the ranking poll. This gives us an average score for each option and the option with the highest score is the most preferred one.

Example:

• There are 3 people (A, B, C) participating in a poll that consists of three options (X, Y, Z)
• Person A submits the options in the following order: X, Y, Z
• Person B submits the options in the following order: Y, X, Z
• Person C submits the options in the following order: Y, X, Z
• Option X receives 7 points (3 + 2 + 2); Option Y receives 8 points (2 + 3 + 3); Option Z receives 3 points (1 + 1 + 1)
• Average for Option X is 2.3 (7 divided by 3); Average for Option Y is 2.7 (8 divided by 3); Average for Option Z is 1 (3 divided by 3)
• The final order of Options is the following: Y (2.7); X (2.3); Z (1)

In case a participant does not rank all the options, the one they did not pick automatically receives 0 points.

Let us know if you have any other questions!

Best,