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53 => array
    (
        117 => array
            (
                'scorecard' => array
                    (
                        'q1' => 1,
                        'q2' => 0,
                        'q3' => 0,
                        'q4' => 1
                    )

            ),

        917 => array
            (
                'scorecard' => array
                    (
                        'q1' => 1,
                        'q2' => 0,
                        'q3' => 0,
                        'q4' => 1
                    )

            )
    ),

38 => array
    (
        414 => array
            (
                'scorecard' => array
                    (
                        'q1' => 1,
                        'q2' => 0,
                        'q3' => 1,
                        'q4' => 0
                    ),

                'business_plan' => array
                    (
                        'q1' => 1,
                        'q2' => 0,
                        'q3' => 0,
                        'q4' => 0
                    )

            ),

        '107' => Array
            (
                'scorecard' => array
                    (
                        'q1' => 1,
                        'q2' => 1,
                        'q3' => 1,
                        'q4' => 0
                    )

            )
    )

);

[53] => Array
    (

        [scorecard] => Array
            (
                [q1] => 2
                [q2] => 0
                [q3] => 0
                [q4] => 2
            )

     )

[38] => Array
    (

        [scorecard] => Array
               (
                    [q1] => 2
                    [q2] => 1
                    [q3] => 2
                    [q4] => 0
                )

        [business_plan] => Array
                (
                    [q1] => 1
                    [q2] => 0
                    [q3] => 0
                    [q4] => 0
                )
    )