Finding the Link Between Discipleship and Discipline: Does a student’s identity as a Christian impact their academic standing, social activities, and other various aspects of their college career?

Student Author(s)

Ellee Banaszak
Valentina Shabi

Faculty Mentor(s)

Drs. Brian Yurk and Airat Bekmetjev

Document Type

Poster

Event Date

4-11-2014

Abstract

The debate of the influence of religion over academics and vice versa has remained steadily controversial over decades of research. Does a student’s identity as a Christian impact their academic standing, social activities, and other various aspects of their college career? We studied the link between religious identity and academic standing using a small Google survey over a limited sample of Hope College students. We compared multiple religious and academically based variables and obtained several different distributions, p-values, and other statistics. Our results indicated that for the population of full-time Hope College students, religious or academic activities did not significantly influence each other.

Recommended Citation

Repository citation: Banaszak, Ellee and Shabi, Valentina, "Finding the Link Between Discipleship and Discipline: Does a student’s identity as a Christian impact their academic standing, social activities, and other various aspects of their college career?" (2014). 13th Annual Celebration of Undergraduate Research and Creative Performance (2014). Paper 125.
https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/curcp_13/125

April 11, 2014. Copyright © 2014 Hope College, Holland, Michigan.

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This research was supported by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.