DemonstrationThe metros are real. The businesses, the customers, and every figure on this site are invented to show how the instrument behaves — nothing here measures a real business.
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Side by side

Comparable, because nothing about the asking changed.

Both stores were rated on identical wording, an identical scale, in the same quarters. That is what makes putting them beside each other defensible at all.

· ATL ·

no reportable quarter

· DFW ·

no reportable quarter

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Read the slopes before the gap. Different stores draw different customers. A level difference between two stores mixes how they behave with who chose to answer; a difference in direction over the same quarters is much harder to explain away. What this cannot tell you.

MeasureBMWChevroletGap
Service Conduct Index
0–100, latest closed quarter
Quarter-over-quarter change
index points
Don't-know rate
share who could not judge, % — lower is better
Respondents
latest closed quarter — a sample size, not a score

By dimension

DimensionBMWChevroletGap
Responsiveness
Whether you can reach someone who can help, and whether things happen when promised.
Transparency
Whether what you were told about money turned out to be what you paid.
Integrity
Whether commitments survived contact with an opportunity to break them.
Competence
Whether the thing you came for was actually done, the first time.
Respect
Whether you were treated the way anyone else would have been.

Item by item

Means on the 0–10 answer scale.

ItemStatementBMWChevroletGap
CAR-RESP1When I contacted this service department, I reached a person who could actually help me.
PRP-RESP1When I reported a problem, someone acknowledged it within a reasonable time.
HOM-RESP1They arrived within the appointment window I was given.
VET-RESP1When my animal needed to be seen urgently, I could get an appointment.
CAR-RESP2My vehicle was ready when they told me it would be ready.
PRP-RESP2Repairs were completed within the time I was told they would take.
HOM-RESP2When I called with a question afterwards, I reached someone who could help.
VET-RESP2I was kept updated on my animal's condition without having to chase.
CAR-TRAN1The final invoice matched the estimate I was given.
PRP-TRAN1Charges taken from my deposit or account were itemized and explained.
HOM-TRAN1The final invoice matched the quote I accepted.
VET-TRAN1The final bill matched the estimate I was given.
CAR-TRAN2Work I declined stayed declined.
PRP-TRAN2Fees beyond the rent were disclosed before I committed.
HOM-TRAN2Additional work was priced and agreed before it was started.
VET-TRAN2I was told what a treatment would cost before it was carried out.
CAR-INTG1The repairs they recommended were ones my vehicle actually needed.
PRP-INTG1Commitments made to me before I signed were honoured afterwards.
HOM-INTG1The work they recommended was work that needed doing.
VET-INTG1The treatments recommended were ones my animal needed.
CAR-INTG2I was not pressured into services I had not asked about.
PRP-INTG2Changes to my rent or terms came with enough notice to plan around.
HOM-INTG2I was not pressured into a larger job than the one I asked about.
VET-INTG2I was given a real choice, including the option to decline.
CAR-COMP1The problem I brought the vehicle in for was fixed.
PRP-COMP1Repairs were done properly rather than patched.
HOM-COMP1The problem I hired them for was resolved.
VET-COMP1My animal's problem was correctly identified.
CAR-COMP2I did not have to come back a second time for the same fault.
PRP-COMP2I did not have to report the same problem repeatedly.
HOM-COMP2I did not have to call them back for the same fault.
VET-COMP2I did not have to return repeatedly for the same unresolved problem.
CAR-RSPT1I was treated the way I believe any other customer would have been treated.
PRP-RSPT1I was treated the way I believe any other tenant would have been treated.
HOM-RSPT1I was treated the way I believe any other customer would have been treated.
VET-RSPT1I was treated the way I believe any other client would have been treated.
CAR-RSPT2My questions about the work were answered without condescension.
PRP-RSPT2Entry to my home was arranged with proper notice.
HOM-RSPT2They left my home as they found it.
VET-RSPT2My questions were answered without condescension.

Item gaps are shown in index points (difference × 10). Don't-know rates: — and — respectively.