Religion and Science

For this assignment, you will run a survey.

The survey has to present the opinion of a minimum of 10 individuals. Individuals must be 18 or older.
Before you start, you should read the survey collected by the Pew Research Center: Religion and Science in the United States.

http://www.pewforum.org/2009/11/05/an-overview-of-religion-and-science-in-the-united-states/ (Links to an external site.)

You can use this report as a guideline.

Your survey consists of 10 questions. Eight of the questions are below, but you have to create the other two. Think about what else you would like to ask about the subject that could, at the same time, enhance the overall information of the survey.

ONCE YOU HAVE THE RESULTS, YOU MUST PRESENT AND SUBMIT A REPORT WITH:
(REPORT MUST BE SUBMITTED IN PDF FORMAT)
Title of the report (10%)
Introduction to the survey (20%)
Example of information to include in the introduction: What is the main subject of the survey? how many people participated? how were the participant chosen? What was the intent of the survey? What the survey anonymous? Did you ask the questions personally or through email, social media, mail?

Answers to the survey (30%)
Present the answer to each of the questions. You can use written percentages, pie charts, bar charts, etc.. There are many tools online to help with this part ( here is one: https://www.meta-chart.com/ (Links to an external site.)The format should be easy to read, analyze and comprehend.

Summary and conclusions to the report (30%)
These are some ideas to include in the conclusions:

Describe your experience. How receptive the participants were, Were the questions easy to ask and understand? Did participants think the questions were easy to answer?

Was the group survey big and diverse enough to extrapolate the results? What would you change? What questions would you like to add or change?

Explain what you learned from the results about the population surveyed: This part should remain objective, do your best to state and compare the results without adding your opinion and be clear when you add your interpretation of the results.

For example 95% of the people surveyed stated there is a conflict between religion and science, but surprisingly only 5% of them think their own believes are in conflict. This makes me wonder what religious believes the individuals surveyed share with religion they belong to.

Presentation, formatting, readability and grammar, etc.. (10%)
THE REPORT MUST INCLUDE THE ASSIGNMENT HONOR CODE AT THE END:
Honor Code Statement for Assignment

Your Name: _______________________

I pledge on my honor that:

I have completed all the steps of the attached assignment on my own: I have performed the survey and write the report. I have not used any unauthorized materials while completing this assignment.

HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF STUDENTS’ SUBMISSIONS TO GUIDE YOUR WORK.
Science-Religion-Survey-Name-LastName1.pdf
Science-Religion-Survey-Name-LastName2.pdf
Science-Religion-Survey-Name-LastName3.pdf
And here are the questions:
Questions:
1- Which of the following statements comes closest to your beliefs about God?

I believe in God
I believe in God, but I don’t believe God concerns himself with fates and actions of human beings
I don’t believe in God, but do believe in universal spirit/higher power
Don’t believe in either
Other
Don’t know/Refuse to answer
2- In your opinion, generally, do you think science and religion are often in conflict, or science and religion are mostly compatible?

Yes, often in conflict
Mostly compatible with some very exceptional conflicts
No, they are fully compatible
Don’t know/Refuse to answer
3- Are your own beliefs in conflict with science?

Yes
No
Don’t know/Refuse to answer
4-Which of the following do you believe are conflicts between science and religion? Mark as many as needed

Evolution/Creation
Climate change
Abortion
Stem Cells
Big Bang/Biblical origin of the universe
Other/Specify
5- Do you think scientists are more or less likely than others to be religious people?

More likely
Same as others
Less likely
Don’t know/Refuse to answer
6- How would you describe the impact of science on our society?

Mostly Positive
Mostly Negative
Both/Neither
7- How would you describe the impact of religion on our society?

Mostly Positive
Mostly Negative
Both/Neither
8- The same subject is talked about in a scientific conference and a religious celebration. The versions are opposite to each other. Which one do you think is true?

The scientific version
The religious version
The scientific version, if the subject is related to the natural world and the religious version, if it is about a moral issue
none of them, they are both probably wrong
both of them. There can be different explanations for the same event
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