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1 online resource (viii, 399 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Summary |
A venture into the art and science of measuring religion in everyday life In an era of rapid technological advances, the measures and methods used to generate data about religion have undergone remarkably little change. Faithful Measures pushes the study of religion into the 21st century by evaluating new and existing measures of religion and introducing new methods for tapping into religious behaviors and beliefs. This book offers a global and innovative approach, with chapters on the intersection of religion and new technology, such as smart phone apps, Google Ngrams, crowdsourcing data, and Amazon buying networks. It also shows how old methods can be improved by using new technology to create online surveys with experimental designs and by developing new ways of mining data from existing information. Chapter contributors thoroughly explain how to employ these new techniques, and offer fresh insights into understanding the complex topic of religion in modern life. Beyond its quantitative contributions, Faithful Measures will be an invaluable resource for inspiring a new wave of creativity and exploration in our connected world. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: the art and science of studying religion / Roger Finke and Christopher D. Bader -- How religious identity shapes survey responses / Philip S. Brenner -- Measurement tools and issues in the psychology of religion and spirituality / Peter C. Hill and Kenneth I. Pargament -- Indirect and implicit measures of religiosity / Jonathan Jong, Bonnie Poon Zahl, and Carissa A. Sharp -- Assessing measures of religion and secularity with crowdsourced data from Amazon's mechanical Turk / Joseph O. Baker, Jonathan P. Hill, and Nathaniel D. Porter -- Evaluating survey measures using the ARDA's measurement wizard / Christopher D. Bader and Roger Finke -- Using the total survey error paradigm to improve cross-national research on religion / Tom W. Smith -- From documents to data / Christopher P. Scheitle -- Historical research: Oneida online / William Sims Bainbridge -- What is a religious NGO? Conceptual and classificatory challenges in research on transnational religion / Evelyn L. Bush -- Reviewing millions of books: charting cultural and religious trends with Google's Ngram viewer / Roger Finke and Jennifer M. McClure -- Pathways to discovery and englightenment: Amazon's recommendation system as a source of information on religious and paranormal consumption patterns / Nathaniel D. Porter and Christopher D. Bader -- Lessons learned from SoulPulse, a Smartphone-based experience sampling method (S-ESM) study of spirituality / Bradley R.E. Wright, Richard A. Blackmon, David M. Carreon, and Luke Knepper -- Conclusion: lessons learned, challenges remaining / Roger Finke and Christopher D. Bader. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Religion -- Methodology.
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Religion -- Methodology. |
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Religion -- Statistics.
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Religion. |
| Genre/Form |
Statistics.
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Electronic books.
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Statistics.
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| Added Author |
Finke, Roger, 1954- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Faithful measures. New York : NYU Press, 2017 9781479875214 (DLC) 2017003767 (OCoLC)982432197 |
| ISBN |
9781479815012 (electronic book) |
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1479815012 (electronic book) |
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9781479875214 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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147987521X (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9781479877102 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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1479877107 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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