Journal Article
Afterword: some reflections on numbers in the study of religion
Authors
Publication date
2014
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.
Published in
Diskus: The Journal of the British Association for the Study of Religions
Volume and page numbers
16 , 116 -124
ISSN
16
Subjects
Statistical Analysis and Religion
Links
http://www.religiousstudiesproject.com/DISKUS/index.php/DISKUS/issue/view/8
Notes
Open Access journal
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