{"id":1584,"date":"2025-05-13T05:26:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T05:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8091\/result-interpretation-from-tree-testing-study\/how-do-i-interpret-the-paths-analysis-in-tree-testing\/"},"modified":"2025-09-25T07:22:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T07:22:03","slug":"analysis-paths","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uxtweak.com\/help\/tree-testing-results\/analysis-paths\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I interpret the Paths Analysis in Tree Testing?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"text-block\">This section covers how to use the Paths analysis to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"bullet-list\">\n<li>View Paths per task<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<h2 id=\"view-paths-per-task\" class=\"heading-block\" tabindex=\"0\">View Paths per task<a class=\"copy-link\" title=\"Copy link\" data-id=\"view-paths-per-task\">&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/help.uxtweak.com\/wp-content\/themes\/uxtweak\/public\/assets\/images\/icons\/link.svg\" alt=\"Copy link\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"bullet-list\">\n<li>This analysis displays Paths one task at a time.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use the task selection dropdown list in the top section of the screen to switch to the task you want to analyze.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alternatively, use the arrow buttons to the left and right of the dropdown list to move to the previous\/next task.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text-block\">For each task, Paths contains:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"bullet-list\">\n<li>The task&#8217;s text and the correct answers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Paths table contains in the following order: the success value of the path, the number of respondents who took this path (total + percentage), and the path itself.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>By default, the paths are ordered by the number of&nbsp;<strong>Respondents<\/strong>&nbsp;in descending order; however, the order can be changed by clicking the headers&nbsp;<strong>Success<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Respondents.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The table is sorted by the column with an arrow in its header. Arrow down means descending order and arrow up means ascending order.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click the value of Respondents to display a list of all respondents who took the chosen path. To easily manipulate these respondents in the&nbsp;<a href=\"\/help\/tree-testing-results\/tab-respondents\/\">Respondents tab<\/a>, click&nbsp;<strong>Add respondents to selection list.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the path:\n<ul class=\"bullet-list\">\n<li><strong>Right arrow <\/strong><span class=\"wp-rich-text-font-awesome-icon wp-font-awesome-icon\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"fas\" data-icon=\"chevron-right\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-chevron-right \" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 320 512\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M310.6 233.4c12.5 12.5 12.5 32.8 0 45.3l-192 192c-12.5 12.5-32.8 12.5-45.3 0s-12.5-32.8 0-45.3L242.7 256 73.4 86.6c-12.5-12.5-12.5-32.8 0-45.3s32.8-12.5 45.3 0l192 192z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span> means the respondent moved forward by picking one of the children of the previous label.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Left arrow <\/strong><span class=\"wp-rich-text-font-awesome-icon wp-font-awesome-icon\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"fas\" data-icon=\"chevron-left\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-chevron-left \" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 320 512\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M9.4 233.4c-12.5 12.5-12.5 32.8 0 45.3l192 192c12.5 12.5 32.8 12.5 45.3 0s12.5-32.8 0-45.3L77.3 256 246.6 86.6c12.5-12.5 12.5-32.8 0-45.3s-32.8-12.5-45.3 0l-192 192z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span> means the respondent backtracked to the parent label.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Twisted arrow <\/strong><span class=\"wp-rich-text-font-awesome-icon wp-font-awesome-icon\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"fas\" data-icon=\"rotate-right\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-rotate-right \" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M463.5 224l8.5 0c13.3 0 24-10.7 24-24l0-128c0-9.7-5.8-18.5-14.8-22.2s-19.3-1.7-26.2 5.2L413.4 96.6c-87.6-86.5-228.7-86.2-315.8 1c-87.5 87.5-87.5 229.3 0 316.8s229.3 87.5 316.8 0c12.5-12.5 12.5-32.8 0-45.3s-32.8-12.5-45.3 0c-62.5 62.5-163.8 62.5-226.3 0s-62.5-163.8 0-226.3c62.2-62.2 162.7-62.5 225.3-1L327 183c-6.9 6.9-8.9 17.2-5.2 26.2s12.5 14.8 22.2 14.8l119.5 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span> means the respondent closed the current node without selecting any of its children and continued elsewhere.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text-block\">The&nbsp;<strong>Success<\/strong>&nbsp;column marks which type of result the path represents. It can have one of the following values:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"bullet-list\">\n<li>Direct success&nbsp;&#8211; the respondent went directly for the correct answer.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Indirect success&nbsp;&#8211; the respondent took a different path and backtracked before going for the correct answer.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Direct failure&nbsp;&#8211; the respondent went directly for a wrong answer.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Indirect failure&nbsp;&#8211; the respondent took a different path and backtracked before going for a wrong answer.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Direct skip&nbsp;&#8211; the respondents skipped the task immediately without clicking anywhere in the tree first.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Indirect skip&nbsp;&#8211; the respondent explored the tree before choosing to skip the task.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"image-block\">    <div class=\"image-instance\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/help.uxtweak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1-47.png\" alt=\"Paths per task\" \/>\n                <div class=\"right-container\">\n            <div class=\"text\">\n                                    <h4>Paths per task<\/h4>\n                                                    <p>Paths are analyzed per task; select the one that you want to delve into.<\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"links\">\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n\n    <div class=\"image-instance\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/help.uxtweak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2-38.png\" alt=\"Analyze paths by type\" \/>\n                <div class=\"right-container\">\n            <div class=\"text\">\n                                    <h4>Analyze paths by type<\/h4>\n                                                    <p>Apply the filter to view the type of paths you&#8217;re interested in.<\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"links\">\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This section covers how to use the Paths analysis to: For each task, Paths contains: The&nbsp;Success&nbsp;column marks which type of result the path represents. It can have one of the following values:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1452,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1584","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uxtweak.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uxtweak.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uxtweak.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uxtweak.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uxtweak.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1584"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.uxtweak.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3207,"href":"https:\/\/www.uxtweak.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1584\/revisions\/3207"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uxtweak.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uxtweak.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uxtweak.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uxtweak.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}