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[Overview](https://help.theemployeeapp.com/engagement-survey?hsLang=en#overview) # Glossary in Engagement Survey A list of specific terms and their definitions used in the engagement survey. - **Respondents:** Employees who respond to the engagement survey. - **Author:** The one who creates and manages an engagement survey, including managing respondents. - **Co-author:** The author can make other account admins and app profile admins as co-authors, allowing them the same abilities as an author. - **Push to template library:** The author can push the engagement survey template to the template library and make it available to other account admins and app profile admins. - **Assignments:** The author can share an engagement survey in the form of assignments. - **Recurrence:** The author can schedule the assignments to recur at regular intervals. - **Driver questions:** Driver questions are used to calculate the engagement index. They pinpoint specific issues or trends impacting employee engagement. - **Baseline:** The baseline serves as a reference point to compare responses and track changes in employee engagement over time. - **Engagement index:** The engagement index is used to assess the overall engagement level of employees within an organization. - **Favourability distribution:** Favorability distribution shows how employees respond to engagement survey questions, highlighting favorable, neutral, or unfavorable feelings about their work culture. - **Favorability score:** The favorability score accurately reflects employee sentiment. - **Heat map:** A heat map visually represents the distribution of responses using shades of red and green. Darker areas indicate higher satisfaction, while lighter areas indicate lower satisfaction. - **Tile:** The tile represents a table on the analytics page. - **Themes:** Themesare the sections within the analytics page that provide a focused view of specific engagement survey-related data and insights. - **Delta:** Delta represents the difference between the favorability score of a question or section and its respective baseline. - **Question type:** The author can use various question types in an engagement survey to gather responses from respondents. These question types are designed to capture specific data. It includes: - **Agreement choice:** Allow respondents to select a single option. The author can mark it as a driver question. - **Employee net promoter score (eNPS):** eNPS measures employee satisfaction and engagement by categorizing responses into three groups: detractors (0-6), passives (7-8), and promoters (9-10). - **Text:** Allow respondents to provide open-ended responses with text input. - [Getting Started](https://help.theemployeeapp.com/getting-started?hsLang=en#main-content) - [Overview](https://help.theemployeeapp.com/getting-started?hsLang=en#overview) - [Account Admin](https://help.theemployeeapp.com/getting-started?hsLang=en#account-admin) - [Employee](https://help.theemployeeapp.com/getting-started?hsLang=en#employee) - [FAQs](https://help.theemployeeapp.com/getting-started?hsLang=en#faqs) - [Marissa AI](https://help.theemployeeapp.com/marissa-ai?hsLang=en) - [Analytics](https://help.theemployeeapp.com/analytics?hsLang=en#main-content) - [Account Admin](https://help.theemployeeapp.com/analytics?hsLang=en#account-admin) - [Mobile App](https://help.theemployeeapp.com/mobile-app?hsLang=en#main-content) - [Overview](https://help.theemployeeapp.com/mobile-app?hsLang=en#overview) - [Account Admin](https://help.theemployeeapp.com/mobile-app?hsLang=en#account-admin) - [Employee](https://help.theemployeeapp.com/mobile-app?hsLang=en#employee) - [FAQs](https://help.theemployeeapp.com/mobile-app?hsLang=en#faqs) - [Explore](https://help.theemployeeapp.com/explore?hsLang=en#main-content) - [Account Admin](https://help.theemployeeapp.com/explore?hsLang=en#account-admin) - [Employee](https://help.theemployeeapp.com/explore?hsLang=en#employee) - [FAQs](https://help.theemployeeapp.com/explore?hsLang=en#faqs) - [Directory](https://help.theemployeeapp.com/directory?hsLang=en#main-content) - [Account Admin](https://help.theemployeeapp.com/directory?hsLang=en#account-admin) - [Employee](https://help.theemployeeapp.com/directory?hsLang=en#employee) - [FAQs](https://help.theemployeeapp.com/directory?hsLang=en#faqs) - [Calendar](https://help.theemployeeapp.com/calendar?hsLang=en#main-content) - [Account Admin](https://help.theemployeeapp.com/calendar?hsLang=en#account-admin) - [Employee](https://help.theemployeeapp.com/calendar?hsLang=en#employee) - [Survey](https://help.theemployeeapp.com/survey?hsLang=en#main-content) - [Overview](https://help.theemployeeapp.com/survey?hsLang=en#overview) - [Account Admin](https://help.theemployeeapp.com/survey?hsLang=en#account-admin) - [Employee](https://help.theemployeeapp.com/survey?hsLang=en#employee) - [FAQs](https://help.theemployeeapp.com/survey?hsLang=en#faqs) - [Engagement Survey](https://help.theemployeeapp.com/engagement-survey?hsLang=en#main-content) - [Overview](https://help.theemployeeapp.com/engagement-survey?hsLang=en#overview) - [Account Admin](https://help.theemployeeapp.com/engagement-survey?hsLang=en#account-admin) - [Employee](https://help.theemployeeapp.com/engagement-survey?hsLang=en#employee) - [FAQs](https://help.theemployeeapp.com/engagement-survey?hsLang=en#faqs) - [Learning (LXP)](https://help.theemployeeapp.com/learning-lxp?hsLang=en#main-content) - [Overview](https://help.theemployeeapp.com/learning-lxp?hsLang=en#overview) - [Account Admin](https://help.theemployeeapp.com/learning-lxp?hsLang=en#account-admin) - [Employee](https://help.theemployeeapp.com/learning-lxp?hsLang=en#employee) - [FAQs](https://help.theemployeeapp.com/learning-lxp?hsLang=en#faqs) - [Integrations](https://help.theemployeeapp.com/integrations?hsLang=en#main-content) - [User Provisioning Integrations](https://help.theemployeeapp.com/integrations?hsLang=en#user-provisioning-integrations) - [Learning and LMS Integrations](https://help.theemployeeapp.com/integrations?hsLang=en#learning-and-lms-integrations) - [FAQs](https://help.theemployeeapp.com/integrations?hsLang=en#faqs) - [About Us](http://www.engagedly.com/about-us) - [Management Team](http://www.engagedly.com/about-us/management-team) [![Chill listening crop-3](https://help.theemployeeapp.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Eng%20logo.png?width=27&height=24&name=Eng%20logo.png "Chill listening crop-3")](https://theemployeeapp.com/) Engagedly Inc, 7420 Manchester Ave, Maplewood, USA, MO 63143 Copyright © 2026, Engagedly Inc.