Assessment, Statistics, and Research

  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 different ways groups responded to the items reminds us