Science vs. religion : what scientists really think - File PDF

APPENDIX AThe StudyThe data for Science vs. Religion comes from the Religion among AcademicScientists study (RAAS), a broad study of religion, spirituality, and ethics amonguniversity scientists at twenty-one elite research universities in the UnitedStates, conducted over a four-year period between 2005 and 2008. Scientistsincluded in the study were randomly selected from seven natural and socialscience disciplines at universities that appear on the University of Florida’sannual report of the “Top American Research Universities.” 1 The University ofFlorida ranked elite institutions according to nine different criteria, includingtotal research funding, federal research funding, endowment assets, annual giving,number of national academy members, faculty awards, doctorates granted,postdoctoral appointees, and median SAT scores for undergraduates. Universitieswere ranked and selected according to the number of times they appearedin the top twenty-five for each of these nine indicators. 2 The universitiesincluded in the sample areColumbia UniversityCornell UniversityDuke UniversityHarvard UniversityJohns Hopkins UniversityMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyPrinceton UniversityStanford UniversityUniversity of PennsylvaniaUniversity of California at BerkeleyUniversity of California, Los AngelesUniversity of ChicagoUniversity of Illinois, Urbana ChampaignUniversity of Michigan, Ann ArborUniversity of Minnesota, Twin Cities157