If you haven't yet created a personalized quiz with scoring logic, start with our article on how to build a personalized quiz with conditional results to set up outcome options (e.g. personality types) and scoring logic based on answers.
Once that’s done, you can calculate and display the percentage breakdown for each outcome following a few simple steps:
➕ Step 1: Create formula variables for calculating %s
You’ll need one formula variable per personality type to calculate its percentage out of the total score.
Go to editing your form and jump to the Variables section,
Add new formula variables for each personality type. For example:
You have an integer variable "Dominance" for calculating the dominance score – go ahead and add a new formula variable "Dominance %" for calculating the dominance percentage.
Use the corresponding field IDs for convenience:
dominance for "Dominance"
dominance_percentage for "Dominance %"
🧮 Step 2: Set up the formulas for each new variable
Each formula should calculate what % a specific personality type contributes to the total.
Below is an example formula to add in the default value field of the "Dominance %" variable, given that we have 4 personality types in total:
dominance / (dominance + influence + steadiness + conscientiousness) * 100
Make sure to adjust the variable IDs to match your setup. The formula should include all of the personality types variables in the denominator.
🏁 Step 3: Show nuanced breakdowns to the respondents
Once your formulas are set up, you can display the % breakdowns on your ending page or in the content blocks using answer piping (referring to the percentage variables by their IDs using an @). For example:
You are @dominance_perenctage% dominant, and @influence_percentage% influential.
This will show each personality score as a percentage of the total – perfect for giving users a nuanced overview of their results.
Displaying a nuanced breakdown of quiz results lets you go beyond a single label. It helps your users better understand the balance of traits they carry, making the results feel more personalized and relatable 🧡