--- title: What can a high dispersion of answers mean? description: If opinions in the team diverge strongly, it is always worth taking a closer look. 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It is therefore quite normal that topics have a different significance for individuals or can sometimes be a topic of the heart - or even the opposite. **Good to know** 😎 The answer distribution of the respective question as well as the standard deviation provide you with information about a high dispersion of the answers.  The standard deviation indicates how much the respondents agree or disagree on the respective question. The following applies:  0 = greatest possible agreement  50 = greatest possible disagreement The higher the value shown here, the more disagreement there is in your team.  ![](https://support.teamecho.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Aug-09-2024-08-04-16-1231-AM.png?width=669&height=292&name=image-png-Aug-09-2024-08-04-16-1231-AM.png) ### Step #1: Find out what's behind them - Have informal conversations with your team, preferably without creating an "interrogation" situation. - Observe behaviors and attitudes around the issue of high dispersion. - Browse teamecho for more information: - Are there older comments on this topic? - Are there differences with other teams? - Is high dispersion occurring for the first time or has this topic been polarizing for several surveys? ### Step #2: Test your assumption and support your team Once you have an idea of where the high dispersion might be coming from (e.g. team members with children seem more dissatisfied in this category than team members without children), you can [create a cross section team](https://support.teamecho.com/en/what-is-a-cross-section-team?hsLang=en) to test your assumption and work with the affected individuals to derive the right action items. 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