Assessment, Statistics, and Research

  Contemplating a Christian Worldview 2024 by Geoffrey W. Sutton & Designer Assessment name: Christian Social Values Index (CSVI) Scale overview: The Christian Social Values Index (CSVI) is a 13-item self-report measure of the degree to which Christians agree with common sociomoral beliefs. Authors: Geoffrey W. Sutton, Christine Arnzen, Heather L. Kelly Response Type: A 5-point rating of agreement where 1 = strongly disagree and 5 = strongly agree. Scale items 1. All forms of birth control are sinful. 2. Birth control methods are acceptable if they do not cause an abortion. 3. Abortion is always sinful. 4. Premarital sex is always sinful. 5. Cohabitation is always sinful. 6. marriage is between one man and one woman. 7. Same-sex marriage is sinful. 8. Divorce is sinful. 9. Sexual orientation is a choice. 10. In a Christian marriage, a man and a woman submit to each other but the man is always the head of the marriage. 11. Women have a vital role ...

  American Church 2024 by Geoffrey W. Sutton & Designer Assessment name: Worldview Beliefs Scale overview: The Worldview Beliefs is a measure of 10 beliefs commonly held by American Christians. Authors: Aaron T. McLaughlin and others (see reference below) Response Type: Five-point rating scale ranging from less to more conservative with 3 = a neutral rating. Scale items: There are 10 beliefs in the scale. The topics are as follows:   Abortion   Acceptable marriage partners   Acceptable sex   Creation-evolution   Birth control   Religious values and politics   Alcohol consumption   Women as pastors/ religious teachers   Psychometric properties The authors provide means and standard deviations in Table 1. Internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha) = .79. Comments The measure along with other items presented in the article offer a perspective on several components of a Christian worldview. The differe...

  Assessment name:   Belief in Pure Good Scale (BPG) Scale overview: The Belief in Pure Good scale is a 28-item self-report rating scale indicating perceptions of good based on the theorizing of Baumeister (1999). Authors: Webster, Russell J., & Saucier, Donald A Response Type: Participants rate the items on a 7-point scale of agreement from 1 (disagree very strongly) to 7 (agree very strongly). Scale items There are 28 items on the scale. Each item is associated with a component of pure good . Following is a list of the components of pure good assessed by the scale.   General   Intentional Help   Facilitates Peace   Impartial Help   Without Reward   Rare in World   Avoids Aggression     Defies Corruption Psychometric properties The authors provided descriptive statistics and evidence for internal consistency along with early evidence for validity based on correlations with measures of related va...

  Assessment name:   Belief in Pure Evil Scale (BPE) Scale overview: The Belief in Pure Evil scale is a 22-item self-report rating scale indicating perceptions of evil based on the theorizing of Baumeister (1999). Authors: Webster, Russell J. & Saucier, Donald A Response Type: Participants rate the items on a 7-point scale of agreement from 1 (disagree very strongly) to 7 (agree very strongly). Scale items : There are 22 items on the scale. Each item is associated with a component of pure evil . Following is a list of the components of pure evil assessed by the scale.   General   Intentional Harm   Joy of Harm   Understanding evil   Low self-control   Egotism   Eternal/Disposition   Antithesis of Peace Psychometric properties The authors provided descriptive statistics and evidence for internal consistency along with early evidence for validity based on correlations with measures of related v...