Hope everyone had a wonderful break! I have been researching more about religion in surveys. I found a wonderful article that suggests new ways to measure religiosity without the Christian bias that I may have. One major obstacle I am facing is finding the differences between Christian and non-Christian religions. Because I live in a culture of Western, Christian beliefs, I cannot ask unbiased questions that cover the majority of religions. As a result, I have decided only to cover the major religious groups: Christian, Catholic, Russian Orthodox, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindi, Earth-Centered Believers (Pagans), Agnostic, and Atheist. This will be a challenge because of the bias, but due to my limited sample size in the US, it should not be as large a factor as it would be if I were studying religion in an Eastern country.
I look forward to planning my project and combining it into a research project in the coming weeks. It will be a lot of work, but it should turn out wonderfully.
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Emma Laiis a college senior majoring in Economics (Math Emphasis), Psychology, and Religious Studies. Archives
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