Traditional, Modern, and Post-Secular Perspectives on Science and Religion in the United States
Has this study been replicated?
The atlas records 1 replication of this study. Recorded outcomes: 1 successful. The earliest on record is from 2025.
Replications
- SCORE secondary data replication of O'Brien & Noy (2015), Axxe et al. (2025). Outcome recorded: successful.
"The results of a two-sample t-test comparing the mean value for responses to the question, 'Human beings, as we know them today, developed from earlier species of animals. (Is that true or false?)' show post-secularists (mean = .04, std. error = .01) have significantly (t-statistic = 21.78, degrees of freedom = 3,345, p = .0000) different rates of correct responses, compared to traditionalists (mean = .35, std. error = .01). Thus, this replication of the claim was…
Outcome read from OSF report.
Cite this record
O'Brien, T. L., & Noy, S. (2015). Traditional, Modern, and Post-Secular Perspectives on Science and Religion in the United States. American Sociological Review, 80(1), 92–115. https://doi.org/10.1177/0003122414558919
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