Analyzing the Performance of Ideological and Political Education in Universities: A Neutrosophic Approach to Handling Truth, Indeterminacy, and Falsehood in Students' Responses

Abstract

This paper presents a new way to evaluate ideological and political education (IPE) in universities 
using neutrosophic logic. Unlike traditional surveys that only show if students agree or disagree, 
this method looks deeper by also measuring how unsure students feel. Each answer is described 
using three values: truth (agreement), indeterminacy (uncertainty), and falsehood 
(disagreement). The model was tested in two different universities using a questionnaire that 
covered three areas: beliefs about national values, critical thinking, and civic behavior. The results 
showed that most students agreed with ideological ideas, but many were unsure when it came to 
critical thinking. A new tool called the Ideological Coherence Matrix (ICM), was also used to 
check if students were consistent in their views across different topics.  Results showed that while 
many students were consistent, some had mixed or conflicting opinions. This highlights the need 
for better ways to connect ideas taught in class with how students actually think. The framework 
gives teachers and decision-makers a better understanding of student beliefs and helps improve 
how these topics are taught. We added another case study with ten criteria and six alternatives. 
This case study, we use the single valued neutrosophic set to overcome the uncertainty 
information. The single valued neutrosophic set is used with the EDAS method to rank the 
alternatives.  

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15380942