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156399 https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.49256 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ All Rights Reserved 2018 v, 58 pages : illustrations Masters Thesis Academic theses Text eng Porter, Erik W Hall, Deborah L. Mickelson, Kristin Burleson, Mary Arizona State University Partial requirement for: M.S., Arizona State University, 2018 Includes bibliographical references (pages 32-34) Field of study: Psychology This study investigated whether research by researchers affiliated with a religious academic institution would be seen as of less scientific merit than research done by researchers affiliated with a nonreligious academic institution. Such a bias may exist given the different value systems underlying religion and science, the widespread perception of a conflict between religion and science, and research on differences in cognitive styles and stereotypes about religious versus nonreligious people. In this study, U.S. participants recruited from Amazon Mechanical Turk completed an online survey, which included an abstract of an article describing scientific research with authors’ names and academic institutions, and questions on perceived scientific merit, religiosity, spirituality, religion as Quest, and perceived conflict between religion and science. There was a significant difference in the perceived merit of the researchers, with the group believing the researchers were affiliated with a religious academic institution rating the research as lower in scientific merit than the group believing the researchers were affiliated with a nonreligious academic institution. The perceived level of conflict between religion and science was found to moderate the relationship, such that higher levels of perceived conflict between religion and science showed a greater difference in scientific merit between groups. Psychology Social Psychology Religion Scientific Merit Scientists--Public opinion. Scientists Religion and science--United States. Religion and science Scientific Researchers: Are Religious Believers Seen as Being Less Scientific?