Scoring overview
How the 8values Test Works
The test applies answer weights to question effects, normalizes four axes to percentages, then uses those percentages to find a nearest ideology profile.
Four axes, eight values
Each quiz statement has effects for the Economic, Diplomatic, Civil, and Societal axes. The axes pair opposing values: Equality vs Markets, Nation vs Globe, Liberty vs Authority, and Tradition vs Progress.
The question effects are not identical from statement to statement. A response can move one axis strongly, another axis lightly, or leave an axis unchanged. That structure is why the quiz can show a profile instead of a single political line.
Answer weights
The live quiz uses five answer multipliers:
- Strongly Agree: 1.0
- Agree: 0.5
- Neutral/Unsure: 0.0
- Disagree: -0.5
- Strongly Disagree: -1.0
For each statement, the multiplier is applied to that statement's axis effects before all answers are totaled.
From totals to percentages
For each axis, 8values sums the weighted answer effects and compares that total with the maximum possible absolute movement available in the question set. The normalized score is calculated as 100 * (max + score) / (2 * max).
The results page shows the normalized side directly for Equality, Globe, Liberty, and Progress. Its paired value is the complement to 100, so a 64.0 Equality score appears beside a 36.0 Markets score.
Closest ideology matching
The results page compares your four axis scores with ideology profiles stored by the quiz and selects the closest profile by distance. Economic and Civil differences use squared distance; Diplomatic and Societal differences use a lower exponent in the current implementation.
The closest-match label is secondary to the axis scores. It is useful as a shorthand for comparison, but the values and axes show more information about where the answers landed.
Method limits
8values is transparent about the main scoring mechanics, but transparency is not the same as formal validation. A political quiz depends on question wording, the statements included, answer interpretation, and the ideology coordinates chosen by the project.
Read results as a structured summary of this questionnaire. Use the results guide when interpreting labels and the ideology guide when the closest match needs context.