(1) Let us know if you find out that this was funded by a private company. It would be quite interesting to know.
(2) Students do not come close to paying the costs of their tuition. Taxpayers pick up the bulk of it.
(3) Taxpayers pay the advisors' salaries, provide the facilities, the paper, and the computer processing.
(1) Let us know if you find out that this was funded by a private company. It would be quite interesting to know.
(2) Students do not come close to paying the costs of their tuition. Taxpayers pick up the bulk of it.
(3) Taxpayers pay the advisors' salaries, provide the facilities, the paper, and the computer processing.
The major cost of funding a study is in the labor, using undergraduate student labor reduces that cost enormously.
If the tax support of universities is a factor, then we are paying for research not only in sociology but also in physics, archeology, theology, math etc. This could be a worthwhile study – people often complain that our kids are gullible, believing in mysticism, the paranormal, psychics and fortunetellers. With studies like this one at least we have an idea of how big a thing it is. The numbers seem to show it as not much of a big thing for them.
I’m really surprised at some of the numbers. 44% who never attend religious services said communication with the dead might be possible versus 23% of teens who attend more than once a week. I thought the later number would be higher – particularly as the Judeo-Christian tradition states it as a given, as well as fortunate telling.