In the sixth step, the researcher totaled the sum of all of the calculated scores, and
divided that sum by the number of dimensions. As a hypothetical example, Dimension A
has a score of 4.46, Dimension B has a score is 5.67. Dimension C has a score of 2.54,
Dimension D is 3.29, Dimension is 6.43 and Dimension F is 4.07. These scores added
together results in a sum of 26.46. The scorer divides this sum by the number of
dimensions (six), to yield a final score of 4.41. This score is the overall stage of readiness
for the community and corresponds to the numbered stages of readiness. In this example,
a score of 4.41 rounds down to the fourth stage of readiness, “preplanning.”