Issue 3: broad subject distribution. Sports, Pop
Culture, Current Events, and "fluffy" General Knowledge
(as opposed to mixed-subject questions from the
"academic" subject categories) have often been lumped
together as "non-academic" subject areas. With some
ambiguity as to what portion of our General Knowledge
category is "non-academic" and what merely mixed-subject,
NAQT's intercollegiate sets are currently about 21-22%
"non-academic" by the above definition.
QUESTION 3: Which
would you prefer regarding the percentage of so-called
"non-academic" subject category questions in NAQT
sets?
A. their percentage should increase a bit
B.
their percentage should stay about the same as it has
been (21-22%)
C. their percentage should be reduced
somewhat, perhaps to the 17-20% range
D. their
percentage should be reduced a great deal, perhaps to as low
as 16% or less
Thanks for taking the time to
voice your views...
Eric Hillemann
(NAQT VP
for Development)