{"id":5701,"date":"2021-05-27T15:46:18","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T14:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snapxmp\/?post_type=epkb_post_type_1&p=5701"},"modified":"2023-10-10T15:14:34","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T14:14:34","slug":"gap-analysis-compare-satisfaction-importance-questions","status":"publish","type":"epkb_post_type_1","link":"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snapxmp\/snapxmp\/gap-analysis-compare-satisfaction-importance-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Gap Analysis: Compare results from satisfaction and importance questions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What is gap analysis?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Gap analysis shows the difference between how important attributes or services are to your respondents and how satisfied they are with those attributes or services. It is a useful way of comparing the results from your satisfaction and importance questions and can be used as a tool for interpretation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n By comparing importance and satisfaction scores in your chart you can use gap analysis to identify priorities for improvement. Gap analysis results indicate that if the satisfaction measure is less than the importance measure the business may not be meeting expectations.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interpreting the gap analysis chart<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\n In the example chart below a 5-point scale question was used in the Course Evaluation sample survey for both importance and satisfaction. The ratings are from 1 to 5, where 1= totally dissatisfied to 5= totally satisfied and 1= not at all important to 5 = extremely important.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The gap analysis chart<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\n The chart plots how important various aspects of service are to customers, compared with how satisfied customers actually are with that service. The bars indicate the gap which is the mean score for the satisfaction rating subtracted from the mean score for the importance rating.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Interpretation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\n The interpretation of the results is as follows:\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n If the mean score of a service is positive (above zero) then respondents rated the service very important, but they are not satisfied with the service. In this instance, action is required.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n If the mean score of a service is negative (below zero) then respondents rated this service relatively unimportant, but are very satisfied with the service. In this instance no action is required.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n The closer the gap is to zero the better balance there is between importance and satisfaction.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n Below is an interpretation of the findings in the example chart above.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HelpDesk Service<\/strong> \u2013 has a small positive gap therefore, respondents rated Helpdesk as a relatively important feature compared to their low satisfaction rating. This could be seen as an area for improvement.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

User Guides<\/strong> \u2013 has a small negative gap therefore customers have rated this with higher satisfaction than importance. More time could therefore be spent improving other products.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

E-Newsletter<\/strong> \u2013 has a large negative gap therefore respondents have given this service high satisfaction scores when answering this question, but they do not think this is an important feature. The company needs to concentrate on improving other services and products and leave the E-newsletter as low priority.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On time delivery<\/strong> \u2013 has a large positive gap therefore respondents think this service is very important, but their satisfaction of this service is low therefore it is a high priority for improvement.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Setting up the gap analysis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The following instructions show how to create a gap analysis chart. This gap analysis can be found in the Course Evaluation survey provided with Snap XMP Desktop. The Gap Analysis chart style is also provided with Snap XMP Desktop<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To set up the gap analysis chart you will need the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n