surveying the religious and non-religious
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Surveying (Online) the Religious
and Non-Religious
Dr. Tristram Hooley
International Centre for Guidance Studies
Professor Paul Weller
Centre for Society, Religion and Belief
University of Derby
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Is this cyberspace?
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Binary oppositions?
Online research Onsite research
Cyberspace Place
Virtual reality Reality
E-learning Learning
E-religion Religion
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Blended living
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Issues with Online Media
Are online research methods
only useful for investigatingonline phenomena?
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Possible advantages of online
surveys?
Can mitigate distance and allow for theinternationalising of research
Access to research populations
Speed and volume of data collection
Decrease personal risk
Savings in costs
Flexible designData accuracy
Anonymity
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But.possible disadvantages?
Issues of digital access and digital literacy
Circumstances in which the survey is completedare beyond researchers control
Issues of identity verificationHigh drop off rates
Sample bias
Measurement error (Sax et al, 2003)
Non-response bias
Technical problems
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Research Council funded
update of Home Office project
from a decade ago:
includes organisation survey
originally paper survey only
small groups all on-line now?
used paper and electronic
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Open invite electronic survey
for Equality Challenge Unit
media literate population
only on-line survey
lots of pre-coded responses
other responses coding need
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Consultancy project for
Belieforama Policy Brief
international population
only on-line
in multiple languages
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Key issues
Sampling and recruitment
Framing questions
Classification, definition and self-definition
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Sampling and recruitment issues
Recruitment
Sampling
Identity verification
Incentives
Response rates
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Who are you surveying?
The online population?
The population?
The online religious population?
The religious population?The adherents of a particular
religion and belief position who
are active online?
The adherent of a particularposition who actively articulate
that position online?
The role of
gatekeepers
Relating to
imperfectinformation about
the general
population
Stratifying the
sample
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Framing questions
How open should questions be?
Managing the breadth of religion and belief
Avoiding assumptions of mono-theism
Providing space for the non-religious
Providing space for the spiritual
Recognising fuzzy fidelity
R & B as personal vs. political/social
Handling believing without belonging and
belonging without believing
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Example
How do you observe your religion or belief?
Is it possible to have tick all that apply?
What if respondents dont recognise the
category of observance?
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Classification, definition and
self-definition
Open or closed
Whose list to use?Managing the exceptions/self-definitions
Managing the boundaries between
religion, ethnicity and cultureMaking judgments using an intercoder
agreement approach
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More on Online Research
What is online research?
http://www.bloomsburyacademic.com/view/What-Is-Online-Research/book-ba-9781849665544.xml
Paper on Researching the non-religious in Social Identities betweenthe sacred and secularhttp://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409456773
Slides from this presentation athttp://adventuresincareerdevelopment.posterous.com/
My online surveys bibliography at
http://www.citeulike.org/user/pigironjoe/tag/online_surveys
http://www.bloomsburyacademic.com/view/What-Is-Online-Research/book-ba-9781849665544.xmlhttp://www.bloomsburyacademic.com/view/What-Is-Online-Research/book-ba-9781849665544.xmlhttp://www.bloomsburyacademic.com/view/What-Is-Online-Research/book-ba-9781849665544.xmlhttp://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409456773http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409456773http://adventuresincareerdevelopment.posterous.com/http://adventuresincareerdevelopment.posterous.com/http://www.citeulike.org/user/pigironjoe/tag/online_surveyshttp://www.citeulike.org/user/pigironjoe/tag/online_surveyshttp://www.citeulike.org/user/pigironjoe/tag/online_surveyshttp://www.citeulike.org/user/pigironjoe/tag/online_surveyshttp://adventuresincareerdevelopment.posterous.com/http://adventuresincareerdevelopment.posterous.com/http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409456773http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409456773http://www.bloomsburyacademic.com/view/What-Is-Online-Research/book-ba-9781849665544.xmlhttp://www.bloomsburyacademic.com/view/What-Is-Online-Research/book-ba-9781849665544.xmlhttp://www.bloomsburyacademic.com/view/What-Is-Online-Research/book-ba-9781849665544.xmlhttp://www.bloomsburyacademic.com/view/What-Is-Online-Research/book-ba-9781849665544.xmlhttp://www.bloomsburyacademic.com/view/What-Is-Online-Research/book-ba-9781849665544.xmlhttp://www.bloomsburyacademic.com/view/What-Is-Online-Research/book-ba-9781849665544.xmlhttp://www.bloomsburyacademic.com/view/What-Is-Online-Research/book-ba-9781849665544.xmlhttp://www.bloomsburyacademic.com/view/What-Is-Online-Research/book-ba-9781849665544.xmlhttp://www.bloomsburyacademic.com/view/What-Is-Online-Research/book-ba-9781849665544.xmlhttp://www.bloomsburyacademic.com/view/What-Is-Online-Research/book-ba-9781849665544.xmlhttp://www.bloomsburyacademic.com/view/What-Is-Online-Research/book-ba-9781849665544.xmlhttp://www.bloomsburyacademic.com/view/What-Is-Online-Research/book-ba-9781849665544.xml -
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The Three Referred to
Religion and Belief Projects
with Online Aspects
Religious Discrimination in England and Wales: Theory,Policy and Practice (2000-2010) Research Project
http://www.derby.ac.uk/religion-and-society
Religion and Belief in Higher Education: TheExperiences of Staff and Students
http://www.derby.ac.uk/ehs/research/religion-and-belief-in-HE
Learning from Experience, Leading to Engagement:Belieforama Policy Brief Research for EuropeanInstitutions and Civil Societies
http://www.belieforama.eu
http://www.derby.ac.uk/religion-and-societyhttp://www.derby.ac.uk/ehs/research/religion-and-belief-in-HEhttp://www.derby.ac.uk/ehs/research/religion-and-belief-in-HEhttp://www.belieforama.eu/http://www.belieforama.eu/http://www.derby.ac.uk/ehs/research/religion-and-belief-in-HEhttp://www.derby.ac.uk/ehs/research/religion-and-belief-in-HEhttp://www.derby.ac.uk/ehs/research/religion-and-belief-in-HEhttp://www.derby.ac.uk/ehs/research/religion-and-belief-in-HEhttp://www.derby.ac.uk/ehs/research/religion-and-belief-in-HEhttp://www.derby.ac.uk/ehs/research/religion-and-belief-in-HEhttp://www.derby.ac.uk/ehs/research/religion-and-belief-in-HEhttp://www.derby.ac.uk/ehs/research/religion-and-belief-in-HEhttp://www.derby.ac.uk/ehs/research/religion-and-belief-in-HEhttp://www.derby.ac.uk/religion-and-societyhttp://www.derby.ac.uk/religion-and-societyhttp://www.derby.ac.uk/religion-and-societyhttp://www.derby.ac.uk/religion-and-societyhttp://www.derby.ac.uk/religion-and-society