# Compare questions and perspectives

Under **Multiple questions**, you can find patterns beyond a single response. A question comparison shows which topics receive higher or lower ratings. A perspective profile or heatmap also shows where self-assessment and manager ratings differ, for example.

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## Which questions stand out?

Choose **Rating comparison across questions** and select at least two questions. The combined display shows the selected metric, such as the mean, for each question. Use **Highest values first** or **Lowest values first** to find topics that need attention.

To examine points assigned in the questionnaire, choose **Strength score comparison across questions** instead.

## Where do the perspectives differ?

A **Perspective heatmap of ratings** puts questions in rows and perspectives in columns. Each cell contains the average and the number of contributing people. Read across a row to compare perspectives on the same question.

![Perspective heatmap with six questions and self-assessment, manager, and peer columns](/attachments/feedbacks/fragen-und-perspektiven-vergleichen/perspektiven-heatmap.png)

Color helps you find patterns. Darker simply means a higher value on the stated scale. Whether that is desirable depends on the question.

**Rating profiles by perspective** shows values as points on the same scale. With multiple questions, lines connect the points for each perspective. You can see, for example, whether self-assessment is consistently higher than manager ratings across several topics.

![Perspective profile connecting ratings across several questions](/attachments/feedbacks/fragen-und-perspektiven-vergleichen/perspektivenprofil.png)

## Highlight differences explicitly

In a perspective comparison, enable **Highlight differences** and choose a reference perspective. Compare it with a second perspective or a combined value from other perspectives.

The heatmap offers **Difference from self-assessment**. A value of −1.2 means this perspective rates the question an average of 1.2 points below self-assessment. Orange means lower, blue means higher. Zero means the same average, not identical individual answers.

Use these differences as starting points for a feedback conversation. They do not explain why the perspectives differ.

## Compare questions with different scales

An average of 4 on a five-point scale cannot be compared directly with 7 on a ten-point scale. Under **Scale comparison**, you can convert suitable scales to **0–100**. The endpoints of each scale must be known.

This conversion describes a position on the scale. A value of 80 does not mean “80 percent of people agree”. Alternatively, use a table to show the original values without placing them on a shared chart axis.

## Combine questions into one value

**Index based on ratings** or **Index based on strength scores** combines your selection into a dashboard index. Every question has equal weight. Only people with a valid value for every selected question are included.

This index is a separate measure for your selected questions. For the configured overall questionnaire strength or weighted competency categories, use the [people overview](/en/c/feedbacks/analyze-feedback-round).

Where there are several raters, **Agreement across questions** can also help: low variation means similar ratings of the same person within one perspective. See [Understand dashboard results](/en/c/feedbacks/understand-dashboard-results) for more context.