There is no inherent advantage of one variance parameter over the others; it depends on the client's specific use case. Each method provides different insights without requiring additional manual work. These are just different variance calculation scenarios, each solving the same purpose of calibration with different base scores to check variance on.
Primary Evaluator Variance: Variance is calculated with respect to the primary evaluator/supervisor.
Used when insights are needed into individual auditor deviations from a primary reference. This is useful for assessing how each auditor compares directly to a designated primary evaluator.
Mean Variance: The average of all the scores from auditors.
Used to gauge how each auditor's evaluation differs from the collective average. This approach provides an overall sense of how auditors' scores compare to the group as a whole.
Median Variance: The middle value of scores from all auditors when arranged in ascending or descending order.
Sets the middle value in the dataset as the reference point, offering a robust measure, particularly in scenarios where extreme values might skew the mean. This is helpful for understanding deviations in a more balanced way.