New Secular Community Survey

[Cheerful Charlie]

https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2021...es-survey/

We’re excited to announce the launch of the Secular Communities Survey, the largest-ever study of the community life of secular and non-religious people in the United States. The survey opened yesterday, on March 1st, and will remain open until April 11th. If you’re part of a secular community, we’d love for you to participate. You can take the survey here.

Your chance to be surveyed about your religious orientation. Come on, don't be a wuss!

 

[southernhybrid]

I did it. Do I get a lollipop?

I will say this. I hate surveys that don't have the option of "no opinion" because there are always quite a few questions on surveys like this one that have questions that I don't care or have an opinion on.

 

[Worldtraveller]

Done, and I have to agree with sohy. A lot of those questions that had "Strongly Agree --> Strongly Disagree" needed a middle choice for no opinion/don't care.

 

[T.G.G. Moogly]

That was easy.

 

[fromderinside]

doesn't anyone know how to construct a survey that gets at things.

we've all seen this accident before.

 

[Jarhyn]

"I believe the following are real:..."

This is a bad question. It begs many assumptions of what people mean when they use the utterances.

Rather,
"I believe _____ are:
>An experience people have because of the stories people tell; a myth
>The product of an internal neural condition
>Supernatural entities
>Natural entities of advanced technology

 

[ZiprHead]

Done.

 

[crazyfingers]

Did it. The devil is going to be in generating the banners.

 

[ronburgundy]

I'd be cautious about interpreting the following questions:

"Does your religious, spiritual, or secular worldiview..

...give you a sense of direction in life."

...give your life a sense of significance and purpose."

...give you strength and comfort."


Some non-religious are likely to say "no" to those things, but not b/c they feel their life lacks purpose or direction or that they lack strength. Rather it can means that they don't rely upon a "worldview" to manufacture these things for them.

Also, it is odd to combine "strength" and "comfort" into the same question since they are in some ways opposites, especially for the non-religious. For example, many non-religious view religion as a way for people to seek comforting delusions because they lack the strength to accept reality, which including coping with the uncertainty inherent to rational thinking.

 

[Atheos]

I took the survey but agree some of the questions could have used an "indifferent" option.

 

[crazyfingers]

I'd be cautious about interpreting the following questions:

"Does your religious, spiritual, or secular worldiview..

...give you a sense of direction in life."

...give your life a sense of significance and purpose."

...give you strength and comfort."


Some non-religious are likely to say "no" to those things, but not b/c they feel their life lacks purpose or direction or that they lack strength. Rather it can means that they don't rely upon a "worldview" to manufacture these things for them.

Also, it is odd to combine "strength" and "comfort" into the same question since they are in some ways opposites, especially for the non-religious. For example, many non-religious view religion as a way for people to seek comforting delusions because they lack the strength to accept reality, which including coping with the uncertainty inherent to rational thinking.

Ya I took it a few days ago but noticed that also.

A large part of my work is writing, fielding and analyzing surveys and that survey was, in my view, a bit messy in that several questions/response options were subjective and sometimes open to multiple interpretations.

If I had the time or large enough interest I'd do it again and pick it apart but I have neither.