KQF Rating
A Deeper Analysis of PEERS
After several years of PEERS testing, Nehemiah Institute began to notice that correctly answering certain test items produced a strong correlation with high scores and incorrectly answering certain test items produced a strong correlation with low scores. In other words, it seemed that a few test items were key determiners of whether an individual was holding to a conservative or liberal worldview.
That led to the development of an algorithm scheme that would “weigh the importance” of each test item. In other words, certain views (of test items) were critical in an individual being identified as either a conservative or a liberal, a Christian or a Socialist, and other items, although relevant in shaping ones overall worldview, were not worth arguing over. This algorithm, named the Key Question Factor (KQF), was incorporated into various analysis reports with a rank of 1 to 100. The essence of the KQF rating is that any test item with a KQF rating of 50 or higher means that in order for an individual to switch position on it they would likely have to switch position on several other test items; that is, significantly change their worldview.
In using PEERS data from over 100,000 tests, the KQF algorithm revealed 16 test items (out of 70) had a KQF of 50.0 or higher. The top item was this:
Q63 A federal Department of Education is necessary to ensure harmony of instructional technique and content of learning in all schools. Its KQF was 65.3.
It is telling that the highest KQF rated item comes from the Education sphere and that the DOE, with its 4,000+ employees, has long been a battle ground for control of youth in shaping their worldview. It is in the sphere of education where America has lost her way and now it is in the same sphere, K-16 schooling, where we must find our way back.
Neither the U.S. constitution nor the Bible places responsibility for education in the hands of civil governments. It is this kind of worldview analysis, via PEERS, that is critical to understanding our nation’s drift away from our Christian heritage. We can’t fix what we do not know; now with PEERS we can see very specific issues which must be addressed by the Christian community for proper schooling of youth.
That led to the development of an algorithm scheme that would “weigh the importance” of each test item. In other words, certain views (of test items) were critical in an individual being identified as either a conservative or a liberal, a Christian or a Socialist, and other items, although relevant in shaping ones overall worldview, were not worth arguing over. This algorithm, named the Key Question Factor (KQF), was incorporated into various analysis reports with a rank of 1 to 100. The essence of the KQF rating is that any test item with a KQF rating of 50 or higher means that in order for an individual to switch position on it they would likely have to switch position on several other test items; that is, significantly change their worldview.
In using PEERS data from over 100,000 tests, the KQF algorithm revealed 16 test items (out of 70) had a KQF of 50.0 or higher. The top item was this:
Q63 A federal Department of Education is necessary to ensure harmony of instructional technique and content of learning in all schools. Its KQF was 65.3.
It is telling that the highest KQF rated item comes from the Education sphere and that the DOE, with its 4,000+ employees, has long been a battle ground for control of youth in shaping their worldview. It is in the sphere of education where America has lost her way and now it is in the same sphere, K-16 schooling, where we must find our way back.
Neither the U.S. constitution nor the Bible places responsibility for education in the hands of civil governments. It is this kind of worldview analysis, via PEERS, that is critical to understanding our nation’s drift away from our Christian heritage. We can’t fix what we do not know; now with PEERS we can see very specific issues which must be addressed by the Christian community for proper schooling of youth.