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Scoring and results

Understand the score, discussion change, ties, and responsible use.

Read a Decision Challenge score

The score adds the position differences between a completed ordering and the scenario answer. Lower is closer; zero is a match. Compare only results from the same scenario and scoring method.

Discussion change compares the team's final distance with the average distance of team members who completed the individual task. A positive number means the team moved closer, a negative number means farther away, and zero means no change. If either side is incomplete, the comparison is unavailable.

Use the result responsibly

Use the score to discuss what evidence changed the team's answer and how disagreement was handled. Do not use it as an employee rating, student grade, intelligence measure, diagnosis, certification, or proof of workplace readiness.

Teams with the same final distance share the same rank. The scenario answer remains hidden until the facilitator reaches the reveal.

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See the full scoring method

The public scoring guide includes the formula, a worked example, completed-member baseline, ties, format differences, and interpretation limits.

Read how scoring works

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