Afterword: Some reflections on numbers in the study of religion
Religious adherence can and should be quantified, but there are serious problems of validity and reliability in measuring religion. Sometimes the problems themselves are informative about the nature of identity and its significance or insignificance. Understanding the difficulties with numbers helps...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2014]
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| Summary: | Religious adherence can and should be quantified, but there are serious problems of validity and reliability in measuring religion. Sometimes the problems themselves are informative about the nature of identity and its significance or insignificance. Understanding the difficulties with numbers helps us to understand religion itself. |
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| ISSN: | 0967-8948 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Diskus
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.18792/diskus.v16i2.45 |