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# Segmentation

* **Scenario 1**

Segmentation with question answers is multiplied by a specific coefficient for each segment, then a constant is added to calculate the total segment score and then punching the segment that has the max segment score as the final segment.

Let's take a look at an example for this:

Question type for each of the questions are mentioned below:

Q1 = Radio question with column

Q2 = Radio question with column

Q3 = Number question

Q4 = Number question

Segment calculation logic:

<table data-header-hidden><thead><tr><th width="223.50390625"></th><th></th><th></th><th></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Question</td><td>Likert scale answer (1 to 5)</td><td><p>Segment 1:</p><p>"Uninterested"</p></td><td><p>Segment 2:</p><p>"Passively interested"</p></td><td><p>Segment 3:</p><p>"Actively interested"</p></td></tr><tr><td>Q1: How important do you think it is for citizens to volunteer or donate to protect endangered species?</td><td></td><td>-0.561135188</td><td>0.045301485</td><td>2.023393358</td></tr><tr><td>Q2: To what extent do you agree that wildlife conservation should be a priority for governments?</td><td></td><td>-0.351733944</td><td>2.31670683</td><td>0.156779107</td></tr><tr><td>Q3: How concerned are you about the impact of human activities on wildlife habitats?</td><td></td><td>-0.65961061</td><td>0.278996417</td><td>0.467290048</td></tr><tr><td>Q4: How supportive are you of initiatives to reintroduce native species to their original habitats?</td><td></td><td>-0.559083482</td><td>0.488902614</td><td>0.141627905</td></tr><tr><td>Constant</td><td>1</td><td>9.802423437</td><td>-0.39186368</td><td>-0.959236738</td></tr><tr><td>Total segment score</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td></tr></tbody></table>

* **Scenario 2**

Segmentation with variable recording before multiplying it with co-efficient and adding it to a constant.

Let's take a look at an example for this:

Question type for each of the questions are mentioned below:

Q1 = Radio question with column

Q2 = Radio question with column

Q3 = Checkbox question rows

Q4 = Radio question what rows and columns

Q5 = Radio question with columns

Q6 = Checkbox question with rows

Q7 = Radio question with rows

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Recoding logic:

<table data-header-hidden><thead><tr><th width="239.734375"></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Variable</td><td>Recoding Logic</td></tr><tr><td>Q1_1</td><td>If Q1 = 1, code as 1; else code as 0</td></tr><tr><td>Q1_2</td><td>If Q1 = 2, code as 1; else code as 0</td></tr><tr><td>Q1_3</td><td>If Q1 = 3, code as 1; else code as 0</td></tr><tr><td>Q2_1</td><td>If Q2 = 1, code as 1; else code as 0</td></tr><tr><td>Q2_2</td><td>If Q2 = 2, code as 1; else code as 0</td></tr><tr><td>Q2_3</td><td>If Q2 = 3, code as 1; else code as 0</td></tr><tr><td>Q2_4</td><td>If Q2 = 4, code as 1; else code as 0</td></tr><tr><td>Q2_5</td><td>If Q2 = 5, code as 1; else code as 0</td></tr><tr><td>Q3r1</td><td>No recode necessary; 1 = selected &#x26; 0 = unselected</td></tr><tr><td>Q3r2</td><td>No recode necessary; 1 = selected &#x26; 0 = unselected</td></tr><tr><td>Q3r3</td><td>No recode necessary; 1 = selected &#x26; 0 = unselected</td></tr><tr><td>Q3r4</td><td>No recode necessary; 1 = selected &#x26; 0 = unselected</td></tr><tr><td>Q3r5</td><td>No recode necessary; 1 = selected &#x26; 0 = unselected</td></tr><tr><td>Q3r6</td><td>No recode necessary; 1 = selected &#x26; 0 = unselected</td></tr><tr><td>Q3r7</td><td>No recode necessary; 1 = selected &#x26; 0 = unselected</td></tr><tr><td>Q3r8</td><td>No recode necessary; 1 = selected &#x26; 0 = unselected</td></tr><tr><td>Q3r9</td><td>No recode necessary; 1 = selected &#x26; 0 = unselected</td></tr><tr><td>Q4r1_1</td><td>If Q4r1 = 1, code as 1; else code as 0</td></tr><tr><td>Q4r1_2</td><td>If Q4r1 = 2, code as 1; else code as 0</td></tr><tr><td>Q4r1_3</td><td>If Q4r1 = 3, code as 1; else code as 0</td></tr><tr><td>Q4r1_4</td><td>If Q4r1 = 4, code as 1; else code as 0</td></tr><tr><td>Q4r2_1</td><td>If Q4r2 = 1, code as 1; else code as 0</td></tr><tr><td>Q4r2_2</td><td>If Q4r2 = 2, code as 1; else code as 0</td></tr><tr><td>Q4r2_3</td><td>If Q4r2 = 3, code as 1; else code as 0</td></tr><tr><td>Q4r2_4</td><td>If Q4r2 = 4, code as 1; else code as 0</td></tr><tr><td>Q4r3_1</td><td>If Q4r3 = 1, code as 1; else code as 0</td></tr><tr><td>Q4r3_2</td><td>If Q4r3 = 2, code as 1; else code as 0</td></tr><tr><td>Q4r3_3</td><td>If Q4r3 = 3, code as 1; else code as 0</td></tr><tr><td>Q4r3_4</td><td>If Q4r3 = 4, code as 1; else code as 0</td></tr><tr><td>Q4r4_1</td><td>If Q4r4 = 1, code as 1; else code as 0</td></tr><tr><td>Q4r4_2</td><td>If Q4r4 = 2, code as 1; else code as 0</td></tr><tr><td>Q4r4_3</td><td>If Q4r4 = 3, code as 1; else code as 0</td></tr><tr><td>Q4r4_4</td><td>If Q4r4 = 4, code as 1; else code as 0</td></tr><tr><td>Q4r5_1</td><td>If Q4r5 = 1, code as 1; else code as 0</td></tr><tr><td>Q4r5_2</td><td>If Q4r5 = 2, code as 1; else code as 0</td></tr><tr><td>Q4r5_3</td><td>If Q4r5 = 3, code as 1; else code as 0</td></tr><tr><td>Q4r5_4</td><td>If Q4r5 = 4, code as 1; else code as 0</td></tr><tr><td>Q4r6_1</td><td>If Q4r6 = 1, code as 1; else code as 0</td></tr><tr><td>Q4r6_2</td><td>If Q4r6 = 2, code as 1; else code as 0</td></tr><tr><td>Q4r6_3</td><td>If Q4r6 = 3, code as 1; else code as 0</td></tr><tr><td>Q4r6_4</td><td>If Q4r6 = 4, code as 1; else code as 0</td></tr><tr><td>Q4r7_1</td><td>If Q4r7 = 1, code as 1; else code as 0</td></tr><tr><td>Q4r7_2</td><td>If Q4r7 = 2, code as 1; else code as 0</td></tr><tr><td>Q4r7_3</td><td>If Q4r7 = 3, code as 1; else code as 0</td></tr><tr><td>Q4r7_4</td><td>If Q4r7 = 4, code as 1; else code as 0</td></tr><tr><td>Q4r8_1</td><td>If Q4r8 = 1, code as 1; else code as 0</td></tr><tr><td>Q4r8_2</td><td>If Q4r8 = 2, code as 1; else code as 0</td></tr><tr><td>Q4r8_3</td><td>If Q4r8 = 3, code as 1; else code as 0</td></tr><tr><td>Q4r8_4</td><td>If Q4r8 = 4, code as 1; else code as 0</td></tr><tr><td>Q5_1</td><td>If Q5 = 1, code as 1; else code as 0</td></tr><tr><td>Q5_2</td><td>If Q5 = 2, code as 1; else code as 0</td></tr><tr><td>Q6r1</td><td>No recode necessary; 1 = selected &#x26; 0 = unselected</td></tr><tr><td>Q6r2</td><td>No recode necessary; 1 = selected &#x26; 0 = unselected</td></tr><tr><td>Q6r3</td><td>No recode necessary; 1 = selected &#x26; 0 = unselected</td></tr><tr><td>Q6r4</td><td>No recode necessary; 1 = selected &#x26; 0 = unselected</td></tr><tr><td>Q6r5</td><td>No recode necessary; 1 = selected &#x26; 0 = unselected</td></tr><tr><td>Q6r6</td><td>No recode necessary; 1 = selected &#x26; 0 = unselected</td></tr><tr><td>Q6r7</td><td>No recode necessary; 1 = selected &#x26; 0 = unselected</td></tr><tr><td>Q6r8</td><td>No recode necessary; 1 = selected &#x26; 0 = unselected</td></tr><tr><td>Q7_1</td><td>If Q7 = 1, code as 1; else code as 0</td></tr><tr><td>Q7_2</td><td>If Q7 = 2, code as 1; else code as 0</td></tr><tr><td>Q7_3</td><td>If Q7 = 3, code as 1; else code as 0</td></tr><tr><td>Q7_4</td><td>If Q7 = 4, code as 1; else code as 0</td></tr><tr><td>Q7_5</td><td>If Q7 = 5, code as 1; else code as 0</td></tr><tr><td>Q7_6</td><td>If Q7 = 6, code as 1; else code as 0</td></tr><tr><td>Q7_7</td><td>If Q7 = 7, code as 1; else code as 0</td></tr><tr><td>Q7_8</td><td>If Q7 = 8, code as 1; else code as 0</td></tr><tr><td>Q7_9</td><td>If Q7 = 9, code as 1; else code as 0</td></tr><tr><td>Q7_10</td><td>If Q7 = 10, code as 1; else code as 0</td></tr><tr><td>Q7_11</td><td>If Q7 = 11, code as 1; else code as 0</td></tr><tr><td>Q7_12</td><td>If Q7 = 12, code as 1; else code as 0</td></tr></tbody></table>

Segment calculation logic:

| Variable | Segment 1 | Segment 2 | Segment 3 | Segment 4 | Segment 5 | Segment 6 |
| -------- | --------- | --------- | --------- | --------- | --------- | --------- |
| Q1\_1    | 18.0767   | 22.05169  | 20.87446  | 23.62055  | 22.4346   | 25.46154  |
| Q1\_2    | 16.23301  | 19.74055  | 18.7242   | 19.15496  | 19.43095  | 18.33225  |
| Q1\_3    | 16.65306  | 18.43816  | 18.337    | 17.75301  | 18.48681  | 17.79924  |
| Q2\_1    | 83.41005  | 85.85887  | 86.66188  | 86.7295   | 85.37157  | 87.98126  |
| Q2\_2    | 82.32566  | 85.62216  | 86.43268  | 87.50796  | 85.54803  | 84.26265  |
| Q2\_3    | 81.92598  | 84.89426  | 85.45443  | 85.48974  | 84.77049  | 83.23104  |
| Q2\_4    | 82.56818  | 84.15394  | 84.70123  | 84.55268  | 84.40516  | 82.70466  |
| Q2\_5    | 87.15362  | 87.85616  | 88.06397  | 88.73812  | 88.32302  | 86.75745  |
| Q3r1     | 3.147795  | 3.090329  | 4.353368  | 2.848069  | 1.99812   | 3.646036  |
| Q3r2     | 4.677952  | 4.955191  | 3.788802  | 4.228256  | 4.025644  | 4.977211  |
| Q3r3     | 5.277959  | 5.71047   | 5.98173   | 9.81709   | 7.764079  | 7.357867  |
| Q3r4     | 4.633902  | 4.279482  | 6.428023  | 7.21813   | 5.677258  | 5.480364  |
| Q3r5     | 3.248075  | 3.804778  | 2.684756  | 2.658239  | 3.440625  | 3.508464  |
| Q3r6     | 6.786563  | 7.052425  | 8.045186  | 6.642545  | 6.904374  | 7.129207  |
| Q3r7     | 4.568831  | 5.420923  | 5.042387  | 4.022642  | 4.473734  | 4.183822  |
| Q3r8     | 3.08382   | 3.016078  | 3.184092  | 3.530534  | 3.558504  | 3.509536  |
| Q3r9     | 4.416722  | 4.270809  | 6.645938  | 5.226696  | 5.451685  | 4.804677  |
| Q4r1\_1  | 4.074502  | 4.376876  | 4.541224  | 4.253495  | 2.181111  | 6.402298  |
| Q4r1\_2  | 2.747891  | 2.880356  | 4.007702  | 4.041661  | 1.681463  | 5.514703  |
| Q4r1\_3  | 4.698259  | 4.897728  | 5.382919  | 5.464882  | 3.381889  | 6.065176  |
| Q4r1\_4  | 2.969259  | 3.042033  | 3.091767  | 3.46961   | 1.859063  | 3.953858  |
| Q4r2\_1  | 9.176468  | 8.853241  | 9.174171  | 9.725798  | 8.647695  | 6.892554  |
| Q4r2\_2  | 2.741122  | 4.048006  | 2.974923  | 3.679902  | 3.63364   | 3.420566  |
| Q4r2\_3  | 0.949125  | 1.992864  | 1.882977  | 2.386896  | 1.747279  | 2.486078  |
| Q4r2\_4  | 2.909757  | 3.735983  | 3.713474  | 4.247346  | 3.739991  | 4.63123   |
| Q4r3\_1  | 12.96681  | 11.83703  | 13.52748  | 9.971731  | 9.433446  | 3.878918  |
| Q4r3\_2  | 9.775593  | 9.239915  | 9.612797  | 6.330269  | 6.18632   | 2.118337  |
| Q4r3\_3  | 9.837698  | 9.722221  | 9.459752  | 7.67869   | 7.553319  | 3.287871  |
| Q4r3\_4  | 8.288795  | 8.76809   | 7.933279  | 7.030374  | 6.749627  | 3.61705   |
| Q4r4\_1  | 14.64703  | 14.21732  | 10.66585  | 13.72305  | 12.36433  | 18.54302  |
| Q4r4\_2  | 10.26099  | 10.22452  | 6.757315  | 10.26178  | 8.72929   | 11.04825  |
| Q4r4\_3  | 10.61078  | 10.04199  | 7.315017  | 10.30968  | 8.844427  | 11.03538  |
| Q4r4\_4  | 10.27566  | 10.11727  | 8.635031  | 9.90983   | 8.761242  | 10.32051  |
| Q4r5\_1  | 8.411017  | 9.005973  | 10.9419   | 10.32382  | 6.520635  | 4.905538  |
| Q4r5\_2  | 5.120288  | 6.092087  | 6.693918  | 6.442216  | 4.932918  | 3.089617  |
| Q4r5\_3  | 5.247238  | 5.636732  | 6.209737  | 5.828761  | 4.379031  | 2.518693  |
| Q4r5\_4  | 4.883993  | 5.349388  | 4.890349  | 5.185007  | 4.305264  | 2.662467  |
| Q4r6\_1  | 3.396115  | 4.4294    | 4.216994  | 4.758163  | 4.291015  | 6.92498   |
| Q4r6\_2  | 4.521206  | 6.259241  | 5.800834  | 6.444499  | 6.001652  | 7.507017  |
| Q4r6\_3  | 3.690594  | 4.590393  | 5.168465  | 4.83102   | 5.483137  | 5.693942  |
| Q4r6\_4  | 3.416975  | 3.977436  | 3.92668   | 4.068796  | 4.499687  | 4.707107  |
| Q4r7\_1  | 25.71216  | 24.40168  | 25.56321  | 25.73595  | 22.95961  | 27.91159  |
| Q4r7\_2  | 25.1666   | 23.44218  | 25.85547  | 25.4982   | 23.08291  | 27.08061  |
| Q4r7\_3  | 25.31247  | 24.79049  | 26.11898  | 26.60817  | 24.31205  | 27.9498   |
| Q4r7\_4  | 26.49405  | 25.6245   | 27.31551  | 27.58989  | 26.14568  | 28.70935  |
| Q4r8\_1  | 15.74686  | 13.16973  | 13.42637  | 13.56773  | 13.70189  | 19.11445  |
| Q4r8\_2  | 12.56457  | 10.59526  | 11.07122  | 11.02795  | 11.13873  | 13.42709  |
| Q4r8\_3  | 13.52893  | 12.46739  | 12.50857  | 13.09962  | 12.44144  | 13.51688  |
| Q4r8\_4  | 11.01671  | 10.48131  | 10.86398  | 11.37414  | 10.85244  | 11.19533  |
| Q5\_1    | 51.39918  | 51.68872  | 49.17817  | 49.88453  | 49.6692   | 51.68193  |
| Q5\_2    | 50.76572  | 50.95601  | 50.08092  | 51.19722  | 50.79166  | 51.55262  |
| Q6r1     | -0.53618  | 1.087943  | 0.186941  | 1.304234  | 0.634862  | 0.98776   |
| Q6r2     | -0.86776  | 1.275798  | -0.1099   | 1.716545  | 1.205292  | 0.677908  |
| Q6r3     | -0.34912  | 1.476012  | -0.11424  | 0.288967  | -0.14202  | 0.242393  |
| Q6r4     | 0.199466  | -0.31854  | 0.445499  | -0.10014  | 0.303727  | -0.70099  |
| Q6r5     | 0.744699  | 0.811145  | 2.221832  | 0.924717  | 1.816574  | 0.888146  |
| Q6r6     | 2.533852  | 3.151418  | 2.994294  | 3.831478  | 2.709637  | 2.898771  |
| Q6r7     | -0.8026   | -0.74654  | 0.536385  | 1.582484  | 1.608436  | 0.779205  |
| Q6r8     | 1.614077  | 2.471479  | 1.703095  | 3.434642  | 3.35924   | 2.119073  |
| Q7\_1    | 4.355944  | 2.841651  | 2.892291  | 2.701459  | 8.635566  | 3.029478  |
| Q7\_2    | 5.192119  | 3.852713  | 6.747642  | 4.150208  | 7.229909  | 6.292859  |
| Q7\_3    | 6.484115  | 3.834943  | 5.194257  | 3.909137  | 7.336505  | 6.230936  |
| Q7\_4    | 10.10111  | 8.389435  | 8.793659  | 8.273802  | 11.76445  | 9.247538  |
| Q7\_5    | 7.233676  | 4.839024  | 5.790385  | 4.935673  | 7.286002  | 6.962825  |
| Q7\_6    | 4.139474  | 2.521358  | 2.951169  | 2.419919  | 4.412424  | 3.515856  |
| Q7\_7    | 7.100123  | 5.871531  | 6.371467  | 5.694119  | 8.189354  | 6.602987  |
| Q7\_8    | 3.507806  | 1.942855  | 2.75205   | 1.609356  | 4.081044  | 2.854012  |
| Q7\_9    | 5.909435  | 5.221959  | 5.524882  | 5.058041  | 5.911755  | 5.456515  |
| Q7\_10   | 4.395043  | 4.220313  | 5.296106  | 4.197766  | 5.1035    | 4.479072  |
| Q7\_11   | 5.677674  | 5.359456  | 5.462184  | 5.800696  | 5.998446  | 5.321294  |
| Q7\_12   | 3.522429  | 3.848249  | 3.210613  | 4.142624  | 3.987704  | 4.057838  |

| Variable | Segment 1 | Segment 2 | Segment 3 | Segment 4 | Segment 5 | Segment 6 |
| -------- | --------- | --------- | --------- | --------- | --------- | --------- |
| Constant | -116.299  | -123.014  | -121.593  | -125.905  | -117.135  | -126.279  |

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