Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
highly religious population, empirical test, homogenous population
College
Fine Arts and Communications
Department
Communications
Abstract
This research charts the development of a reliable scale that can discriminate differences in religiosity in a highly religious population. Approximately 99% of the more than 30,000 students at Brigham Young University are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, presenting a highly religious and highly homogenous population (www.byu.edu). In such a population, a researcher needs a sensitive survey scale to generate a quantifiable measure of religiosity that will discriminate between members. This project applied considerations for defining and measuring religiosity empirically, using the BYU population as a case study. The goal and final product of this research was the scale itself: one that was sensitive enough to be able to discriminate different levels of religiosity between members of a highly religious population.
Recommended Citation
Turley, Marin and Thomsen, Dr. Steven R.
(2014)
"Measuring a Highly Religious Population: Development of an Empirical Test for Brigham Young University Students,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2014:
Iss.
1, Article 481.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2014/iss1/481