DrLi Is Interested in Creating a Measurement of Religiosity

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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."

-Dr.Li gives his new measure to a group of 100 adults in order to test the internal validity of his measure.Draw two scatterplots: one that demonstrates the likely relationship between Statement
1 and Statement 2 and one that demonstrates the likely relationship between Statement 1 and Statement 3.Explain why you have drawn each scatterplot as you have.

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Definitions:

Profitability

The degree to which a business or activity yields profit or financial gain.

Market Value

The present cost at which a product or service is available for purchase or sale in the market.

Quality of Work Life

The overall environment at a workplace, including job satisfaction, stress levels, work-life balance, and the safety and health conditions that affect an employee's welfare.

Employee Satisfaction

A measure of how content and fulfilled employees are with their job and working environment.