inquiry c in the simplest information inquiry form a yes no question has two different weights if u201c yes u201d is the answer to a higher correlated inquiry the response u201c yes u201d for that inquiry could get a weight of 5 for example if u201c yes u201d is the desired response a u201c no u201d response receives a lower weight the u201c no u201d weight factor could be any number lower than 5 for example 4 0 or u2212 5 since some inquiries have a higher correlation to the core characteristic a proper weighting range is selected to reflect the inquiry 39 s appropriate level of influence compared to other inquiries considered in the analysis a total number of inquiries contributing to the understanding of a core characteristic also help to determine the weight factor range for each inquiry a n referring back to fig2 a matrix analysis block 14 is performed to determine normalized values for each core characteristic in a preferred embodiment the matrix analysis is accomplished with a computer for example using the routine disclosed in the attached appendix in addition a database provides a convenient way to capture information and keep the information segmented of course other methods of performing the matrix analysis are possible such as accomplishing the matrix analysis in an operators head referring to fig8 a 8d exemplary information inquiries and weight factors for the answers are shown referring to fig8 a.