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AnotherVoice
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Two groups, the Cardinal Newman Society and Georgetown University look at the same study and publish different findings. Georgetown states that we really are not becoming more secularized; the Newman Society feels we are. Take those numbers and spin them! The only way to handle this is to publish the raw data showing the results for each school and let everyone draw their own conclusions.
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bellringer06
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This sums it up pretty well and I totally agree. Everyone should have access to each school’s data.Two groups, the Cardinal Newman Society and Georgetown University look at the same study and publish different findings. Georgetown states that we really are not becoming more secularized; the Newman Society feels we are. Take those numbers and spin them! The only way to handle this is to publish the raw data showing the results for each school and let everyone draw their own conclusions.
Although, I do find it interesting that Georgetown (definitely one of the most secularized Catholic universities) is the one who claims we are not becoming secularized.
manygift1spirit
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I see consistency here even without seeing how the conclusions were reached.
Note that the vision of Catholicism of Georgetown is more secular than the vision of the Newman Society. So given a constant 3rd party vision, the university will see it as less secular. Even if they used the same methodology, it is possible their interpretations could look this way.
I do find it odd that the Register would run this story as they did, without being far more derogatory of Georgetown and of secularism in general. I would have expected a couple sentences about CARA’s study, then the rest of the piece secularism-bashing. (Maybe this is a good thing, if they fix up their journalistic standards they could be one of the best). Even so, still somewhat typical: I had to sigh when reading the snark about being only 1 in 7 institutions or something like that (with the implication that the study is designed poorly and thus not reliable), when in reality, if the sampling was well designed, those numbers could be quite sufficient.
Note that the vision of Catholicism of Georgetown is more secular than the vision of the Newman Society. So given a constant 3rd party vision, the university will see it as less secular. Even if they used the same methodology, it is possible their interpretations could look this way.
I do find it odd that the Register would run this story as they did, without being far more derogatory of Georgetown and of secularism in general. I would have expected a couple sentences about CARA’s study, then the rest of the piece secularism-bashing. (Maybe this is a good thing, if they fix up their journalistic standards they could be one of the best). Even so, still somewhat typical: I had to sigh when reading the snark about being only 1 in 7 institutions or something like that (with the implication that the study is designed poorly and thus not reliable), when in reality, if the sampling was well designed, those numbers could be quite sufficient.
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