Basic Uses only one The most common example is a study that uses only a frequency NAAS basic indicator of religious service attendance variable to measure religiosity. Religiosity of religiosity Rounded Uses an Behavior: How often do you say grace before meals? CCES, ANES Religiosity religiosity scale designed to Belief: Do you believe that the is the word of God? measure general Belonging: About what percentage of your social circle has the religious same religion as you? behavior, (Putnam and Campbell 2010) belief, and belonging. Specific Uses an Do you believe in transubstantiation? 2006 ANES Pilot depth How important is that belief? (Mockabee 2012) Study Religiosity religiosity scale designed to measure a specific type of religious behavior, belief, and belonging. Religious Rather than Is R Black Protestant, NAAS, CCES, ANES Tradition examining Evangelical Protestant, intensity of Mainline Protestant, religion, this Catholic, or other? (Fowler et al 2010) method looks at differences in behavior across the four main religious traditions in America. Religious Similar to Which evangelical denomination do you identify with? NAAS, CCES, ANES studies using n religious Which Mainline Protestant denomination do you identify with? tradition, only more specific to the denominational level.
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