Will the Real Southern Baptist Please Stand up: Methodological Problems in Surveying Southern Baptist Congregations and Members
Conducting a survey within a religious denomination is a deceptively simple task, much in the same way that walking through a mine field is simple. The easy part is walking, the hard part is avoiding the mines. Similarly, whether conducting a social survey of Southern Baptist members or a survey of...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Springer
1989
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Review of religious research
Year: 1989, Volume: 31, Issue: 2, Pages: 149-161 |
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Summary: | Conducting a survey within a religious denomination is a deceptively simple task, much in the same way that walking through a mine field is simple. The easy part is walking, the hard part is avoiding the mines. Similarly, whether conducting a social survey of Southern Baptist members or a survey of local churches there are many hidden problems which can blow up in your face if you do not know how to avoid them. |
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ISSN: | 2211-4866 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Review of religious research
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3511185 |