Table 2 Description of content analysis codes

Performance summary display

When to code:

1. The recipient of the performance summary is identifiable

2. The display caption or text of the study indicates that the display was used in a feedback intervention, e.g. “example of a feedback report”

3. Boundary conditions for isolating a display from a set of displays:

 a. The display has its own title

 b. The display has its own axis label or column headers

When not to code:

1. The display shows only demographic data/ population characteristics that are not about performance

2. The display shows study results about the effect of intervention without indicating that the display was used for feedback

3. There is no other indication that the display is used for performance feedback

Measure set

A set whose elements represent performance metrics or indicators.

Ascribee set

A set whose elements represent things that are ascribed a performance, such as a person, team, organization, or a statistical variable that holds a performance value, such as a peer benchmark, goal, or standard.

Performance set

A set whose elements represent the resulting measurements, decisions, aggregates, and/or calculations related to measured behavior

Time set

A set whose elements represent units of time

Measure element

An element that represents performance metrics or indicators

Ascribee element

An element that represents things that are ascribed a performance, such as a person, team, organization, or a statistical variable that holds a performance value, such as a peer benchmark, goal, or standard.

Performance element

An element that represents the resulting measurements, decisions, aggregates, and/or calculations related to measured behavior

Time element

An element that represents units of time