DIVERGING STACKED

4-level agreement bars diverging from a center axis. Needs: statements with counts or shares across 4 graded levels (2 negative, 2 positive).

deviationcomposition

DL-01 AGRAW

Use when

survey scales: agreement, satisfaction, support
any graded scale with a natural middle to diverge from

Do not use when

scales with a neutral middle level (fold it out first and say so)
more than 4 levels (group to 4)

See instead

levels have no negative/positive split: CH-PTW-02
only two parts per row: CH-DEV-03

Alternatives

CH-PTW-02 (no natural center)
CH-DEV-03 (two parts only)

Rules

strong levels use the negative/positive roles; mild levels are a
deterministic 45% ink-mix toward the background
side totals printed at the outer ends
the level key under the title is the one permitted key
rows sorted by the message, stated in the title

Never do this

rainbow level palettes
a neutral level hidden inside a side
per-level value labels squeezed into segments

QA before delivering

4 levels exactly
level key present once
side totals printed
unit once
source present

Data shape

title	action title with a number
source	bottom-left always
unit	appended to first-row totals (%, usually)
levels	exactly 4 names, most negative first
categories	array of {label, values: [4, level order]}

Sample data (golden)

{
  "title": "Two of five policies draw 70%+ support",
  "eyebrow": "POLICY SURVEY",
  "source": "Source: staff survey, n=412",
  "unit": "%",
  "levels": [
    "Strongly against",
    "Against",
    "In favour",
    "Strongly in favour"
  ],
  "categories": [
    {
      "label": "Flexible hours",
      "values": [
        8,
        12,
        42,
        38
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "Remote Fridays",
      "values": [
        10,
        18,
        44,
        28
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "Compressed weeks",
      "values": [
        14,
        26,
        38,
        22
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "Hot desking",
      "values": [
        30,
        34,
        26,
        10
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "Open plan",
      "values": [
        36,
        32,
        22,
        10
      ]
    }
  ]
}