Title: Basic calculation error in statistics Last modified: June 1, 2020 --- # Basic calculation error in statistics * Resolved [fennels](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fennels/) * (@fennels) * [5 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-calculation-error-in-statistics/) * Hi, * checking the statistics of my current survey I think I found a basic calculation error. When using a questions with multiple answers the statistics do not show the answers in relation to the number of participants, but to the number of answers given to that question. I think this is not what most people want to see. Example: * We are asking which of our media people use (i.e print magazine, facebook, newsletter etc.). Currently we had 100 participants in that survey. 80 of them use the magazine, 45 the FB page, 22 the newsletter and so on. In percent this would be the correct equivalent: 80% use the magazine, 45% FB page …, but the statistics show 34.91% magazine, 19.40% FB page, 9.48% newsletter. These results shown create a wrong impression because they are calculated on the total number of answers to multiple choice questions but not on the total number of participants which would be the correct way of handling it. * Of course it would mean that adding all statistics results up would make more than 100%, but in case of multiple choice that doesn’t matter. What matters is how the answers relate to the number of participants. I wish to know how many( in percent) are using each of our media. * Same is true for a very important questions as to what travel destinations our readers/users are interested in. Here there is a choice of 30 European countries this resulting in not really relevant numbers. Italy i.e. is the number one destination of interest (68 votes), meaning 68% are interested in that. Statistics only show a figure of 9,78%! * Any chance that could be changed? Maybe through a checkbox in the basic settings( I want to calculate statistics based an a) number of participants or b) number of answers to one multiple choice question). * Thanks as always for listening! Stephan * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fbasic-calculation-error-in-statistics%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US) to see the link]_ Viewing 1 replies (of 1 total) * Plugin Author [perfectsurvey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/perfectsurvey/) * (@perfectsurvey) * [5 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-calculation-error-in-statistics/#post-12921276) * Dear [@fennels](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fennels/), thank you for writing, your post is very interesting and we want to improve the statistics part. * Can you write to [support@getperfectsurvey.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-calculation-error-in-statistics/support@getperfectsurvey.com?output_format=md)? * Best, * **Perfect Survey Team** Viewing 1 replies (of 1 total) The topic ‘Basic calculation error in statistics’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/perfect-survey_a9c7e1.svg) * [Perfect Survey](https://wordpress.org/plugins/perfect-survey/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/perfect-survey/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/perfect-survey/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/perfect-survey/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/perfect-survey/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/perfect-survey/reviews/) * 1 reply * 2 participants * Last reply from: [perfectsurvey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/perfectsurvey/) * Last activity: [5 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-calculation-error-in-statistics/#post-12921276) * Status: resolved