Difference in the Relationship Between University Students’ Intrinsic Religious Commitment

A Paired t-test was conducted to evaluate whether a statistically significant difference in the relationship between university students’ intrinsic religious commitment as measured by the Religious Orientation Scale–Revised (Gorsuch & McPherson, 1989) subscale and faith development as measured by the Faith Development Scale (FDS; Leak, Loucks, & Bowlin, 1999). The null hypothesis stated that there is no statistically significant relationship while the alternative hypothesis stated that there is a statistically significant relationship between the two groups.

Participants increased their religious commitment (M = 29.95, SD = 6.73) as opposed to the faith Development Scale (M = 2.40, SD = 1.05). The standard error of measure was 27.5 (SE = 0.926) .The results of the paired sample t test were significant, 95% CI (25.67 to 29.423), t (39) = 29.749, p < .05, d= 4.70 and therefore reject the null hypothesis and accept the alternative hypothesis. The effect size was large. The independent variable was religious commitment and the dependent variable was faith development.

Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics for Religious Orientation and Faith Development (N = 40)

n M SD

Religious Orientation 40 29.95 6.74

Faith Development 40 2.40 1.06

Total -27.55 5.86

Case Study 2: Paired Sample t-Test

A Paired Sampled t -Test was conducted used to there a statistically significant difference in students’ Faith Development Scale (FDS; Leak, Loucks, & Bowlin, 1999) from the time of entrance to now. The null hypothesis is that there is no significant in students’ faith development scale and to now. The results of the paired sample t-test were significant, t (39) = 7.729, p < .05, d = 1.22 and therefore, reject the null ...

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Corrected Total 43.600 39

a. R Squared = .887 (Adjusted R Squared = .791)

b. Computed using alpha = .05

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Descriptive Statistics

N Minimum Maximum Mean Std. Deviation

Statistic Statistic Statistic Statistic Std. Error Statistic

Community_Scale_Total 40 21 80 54.65 3.108 19.657

Faith_Development_Scale 40 1 4 2.40 .167 1.057

Communication_Medium 40 1 3 2.00 .134 .847

Valid N (listwise) 40

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