Figure 3 is a graph comparing data from 2005 to 2008 on how respondents to the Survey rated NQMC in two areas: 1) completeness of …overall description of the measure; and 2) breadth and comprehensiveness of NQMC’s quality measure collection. Respondents used a likert scale to rate NQMC’s performance in each area with 1 = worst and 5= best and a mean score was derived. For rating the completeness of …overall description of the measure, the mean scores by year were as follows: 4 for 2008; 4.1 for 2007; 4.03 for 2006; and 4.01 for 2005. For the breadth and comprehensiveness of NQMC’s quality measure collection, the mean scores by year were: 4.44 for 2008; 4.48 for 2007; 4.36 for 2006; and 4.4 for 2005.