▁for ▁detailed ▁analysis . ▁ ▁The ▁survey ▁company ▁used ▁by ▁both ▁Rand stad ▁and ▁G lass door ▁for ▁the ▁Employee ▁Conf idence ▁Index , ▁and ▁the ▁Qu arter ly ▁Emp loyment ▁Conf idence ▁Survey ▁industry ▁analysis ▁is ▁Harris ▁Inter active . ▁The ▁Conference ▁Board ▁uses ▁Harris ▁Inter active ' s ▁parent ▁company ▁Neil son ▁to ▁collect ▁and ▁analyze ▁the ▁data ▁for ▁the ▁Cons umer ▁Conf idence ▁Index . ▁ ▁Method ology ▁ ▁The ▁Employee ▁Conf idence ▁Index ▁is ▁calculated ▁by ▁asking ▁questions ▁based ▁on ▁four ▁market ▁components . ▁For ▁each ▁component ▁a ▁score ▁is ▁calculated ▁by ▁taking ▁the ▁difference ▁between ▁the ▁percentage ▁of ▁positive ▁responses ▁and ▁the ▁percentage ▁of ▁negative ▁responses . ▁These ▁scores ▁are ▁aver aged ▁to ▁indicate ▁an ▁overall ▁scale ▁of ▁employee ▁confidence , ▁with ▁each ▁score ▁ranking ▁from ▁ 0 ▁( no ▁confidence ) ▁to ▁ 1 0 0 ▁( complete ▁confidence ). ▁A ▁reading ▁above ▁ 5 0 ▁indicates ▁positive ▁confidence . ▁The ▁questions ▁are ▁asked ▁in ▁a ▁survey ▁conducted ▁online ▁within ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁using ▁samples ▁of ▁employed ▁adult s ▁aged ▁ 1 8 ▁years ▁and ▁older . ▁Results ▁are ▁weight ed ▁to ▁account ▁for ▁age , ▁sex , ▁race / eth nic ity , ▁income , ▁education , ▁and ▁region ▁to ▁reflect ▁the ▁composition ▁of ▁the ▁U . S . ▁adult ▁population . ▁Prop ens ity ▁score ▁weight ing ▁is ▁used ▁to ▁take ▁into ▁consideration ▁respond ents ’ ▁prop ens ity ▁to ▁be ▁online . ▁ ▁The ▁sample ▁responses ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁Index ▁come ▁from ▁adult s