QUANTITATIVE METHODS

This dissertation uses a combination of new measures and modeling approaches in the sociology of religion to advance our understanding of three substantive topics. In the first chapter, I use data from the National Study of Youth and Religion (NSYR) to answer the question of how…

Research problem and research goals are presented in the first chapter. Primary and secondary hypotheses, research methods as well as data sources are explained in the introduction. Then, expected scientific contribution of this research and its limitations are presented, in add…