This podcast aims to distribute the preliminary research I gained from the research project I did during the Fall 2021 semester. In this podcast I'll talk about surveys, interviews, and a content analysis along with possible next steps that could be taken with this research. Thanks for listening!

Exit From Faith
Claim This Podcastby Mackenzie Edmonds
Podcast Overview
This podcast aims to distribute the preliminary research I gained from the research project I did during the Fall 2021 semester. In this podcast I'll talk about surveys, interviews, and a content analysis along with possible next steps that could be taken with this research. Thanks for listening!
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February 22, 2022
Interviews
<p>In this episode I discuss the importance of interviews for social research and talk about the data that they can provide which surveys, which we discussed previously, can't. I also go through the results of my second method of preliminary data collection: interviews. </p> <p>The interview guide I mentioned in this episode of Exit From Faith can be found in the published <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vR8J8oUCXjQhNyQdNKp9aUDZgJAnUITRTKHVxij__-8PExiGYP2icZHVcdzFVL4soAqwiNOMoPMqfd0/pub">google doc here</a>.</p>

December 26, 2021
Introduction and Surveys
<p>In this episode I give a brief introduction to my topic and go through the results of my first method of preliminary data collection: surveys.</p> <p>References:</p> <p>Brinkerhoff, Merlin B., and Kathryn L. Burke. 1980. “Disaffiliation: Some Notes on ‘Falling from the Faith.’” Sociological Analysis 41 (1): 41. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2307/3709857">https://doi.org/10.2307/3709857</a>.</p> <p>Bromley, David G. 1998. “Linking Social Structure and the Exit Process in Religious Organizations: Defectors, Whistle-Blowers, and Apostates.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 37 (1): 145. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2307/1388034">https://doi.org/10.2307/1388034</a>.</p> <p>Guest, Greg, Arwen Bunce, and Laura Johnson. 2006. “How Many Interviews Are Enough?: An Experiment with Data Saturation and Variability.” Field Methods 18 (1): 59–82. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/1525822X05279903">https://doi.org/10.1177/1525822X05279903</a>.</p> <p>Perez, Sergio, and Frédérique Vallières. 2019. “How Do Religious People Become Atheists? Applying a Grounded Theory Approach to Propose a Model of Deconversion.” Secularism and Nonreligion 8 (0): 3. <a href="https://doi.org/10.5334/snr.108">https://doi.org/10.5334/snr.108</a>.</p> <p>Smith, Gregory A. 2021. “About Three-in-Ten U.S. Adults Are Now Religiously Unaffiliated.” Washington, D.C.: Pew Research Center. <a href="https://www.pewforum.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2021/12/PF_12.14.21_update_on_religion_trends_report.pdf">https://www.pewforum.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2021/12/PF_12.14.21_update_on_religion_trends_report.pdf</a>.</p> <p>Smith, Jesse M. 2011. “Becoming an Atheist in America: Constructing Identity and Meaning from the Rejection of Theism.” Sociology of Religion 72 (2): 215–37. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/socrel/srq082">https://doi.org/10.1093/socrel/srq082</a>.</p> <p>The survey questions I mentioned in the podcast can be found in this published <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTx0sleYDZNxiJCiPwE1n8XK4W4_Wglom6P_to9n8ToOsL2_0NIE1qpbTNk62mowLE9issCQTS2vKDM/pub">google doc here.</a></p>
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