Goals
- Correlation with Multidimensional Fundamentalism Inventory (MF; Liht et al. 2011) and its three subscales: External Authority (MFEA), Fixed religion (MFF), and Worldly Rejection (MFWR)
- Correlations with Intratextual Fundamentalism (ITF; see Williamson et al. 2010; revised “Sacred Books” to “Bible”)
- Moral Founded on Divine Authority Scale (MFDA; Simpson et al. 2016)
- Correlation with Christian Orthodoxy Scale (COS; Hunsberger 1989)
Initial Sample: 200 US MTurk Workers, paid 1.70 (340 + 136 total cost)
Inclusionary Criteria: (estimated n = 175, with 68 self-identiying as Christian)
- Answers Question A_5 with response “eggs”
- Answers Question Z_1 with Option 1 (Keep)
Data Management:
- Missing Values
- MFEA_1 to MFDA_5: Missing Values = “3”
- ITF_1 to COS_6: Missing values = “3.5”
- Create 10 new variables: BVST_01 to BVST_10. Initially code all as 0.
- Give respondent 1 point for each of the following:
- For BVST_01, 1 point if B_01 = 1
- For BVST_03, 1 point if B_03 = 1
- For BVST_04, 1 point if B_04 = 2
- For BVST_06, 1 point if B_06 = 1
- For BVST_07, 1 point if B_07 = 2
- For BVST_08, 1 point if B_08 = 1
- For BVST_10, 1 point if B_10 = 1
- Give respondent 1 point for each of the following:
- For BVST_02, -1 point if B_02 = 2
- For BVST_05, -1 point if B_05 = 1
- For BVST_09, -1 point if B_09 = 2
- Reverse scoring
- MFEA_1, MFEA_2, MFEA_3, MFF_1, MFF_2, MFF_3, MFF_5, MFDA_5 (1=5, 2=4, 4=2, 5=1)
- ITF_3, COS_2, COS_3, COS_5 (1 = 6, 2 = 5, 3 = 4, 4 = 3, 5 = 2, 6 = 1)
- Score scales
- BVST = BVST_01 to BVST_10
- MFEA = MFEA_1 to MFEA_5
- MFF = MFF_1 to MFF_5
- MFWR = MFWR_1 to MFWR_5
- MF = MFEA + MFF + MFWR
- MFDA = MFDA_1 to MFDA_5
- ITF = ITF_1 to ITF_5
- COS = COS_1 to COS_6
Hypotheses:
- BVST will be positively correlated with MFEA, MFF, MFWR, MF, MFDA, ITF and COS
Planned Analyses:
- Descriptive statistics for A_1 to A_4, BVST, MFEA, MFF, MFWR, MF, MFDA, ITF, and COS
- Correlations between BVST, MFEA, MFF, MFWR, MF, MFDA, ITF, and COS, both for entire sample and for subset self-identifying as Christian.
