Dr Li Is Interested in Creating a Measurement of Religiosity

question 9

Essay

Dr. Li is interested in creating a measurement of religiosity. According to the dictionary, religiosity is "the quality of being religious; piety; devoutness." He creates a measure comprising 10 statements. People respond to each statement using the following scale (1 = strongly disagree, 3 = neither agree nor disagree, 5 = strongly agree). Some of the statements are below.
Statement 1: "I believe in a religion."
Statement 2: "Part of who I am stems from my religious beliefs."
Statement 3: "I believe that religion is unnecessary."
Provide a suggestion for how Dr. Li could establish the face validity of his measure and a suggestion for how he could establish the content validity of his measure.

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Definitions:

Perceptual Tendencies

The natural biases or inclinations in the way people perceive and interpret information from their environment.

Sensing

The process of receiving and interpreting information through the five senses to understand and interact with the environment.

Gathering Data

The process of collecting information or facts from various sources to be used for analysis or decision-making.

Big Picture

An overall perspective or an understanding of how all the parts of a situation, project, or problem fit together.