tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37421406.post8099727006980165829..comments2023-09-30T08:20:57.971-04:00Comments on Bradley Wright's Blog: Church Surveys: Willow Creek's Reveal Study, IXBrad Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07800309833079635465noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37421406.post-84705407785446991532008-03-07T17:00:00.000-05:002008-03-07T17:00:00.000-05:00that could be that Christians are getting more spi...that could be that Christians are getting more spiritual over time... tough to tell with the data we have now.Brad Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07800309833079635465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37421406.post-38858160504426922752008-03-07T15:07:00.000-05:002008-03-07T15:07:00.000-05:00You wrote, "an overall downward trend among those ...You wrote, "an overall downward trend among those doing best can always be expected." To be clear, I think, that you really mean that the downward trend is relative to others. My point is that it could be that everyone is growing, improving, developing, etc. but that some of the ones that were at the top are not growing as rapidly as the whole and they move towards the mean.<BR/>For example, if you look at how long it has taken people to run the mile, overall, runners have gotten faster, while the regression towards the mean causes the top runners from the previous year to tend to move towards the mean, but still may have improved from the previous year in a field where everyone has gotten faster.techrevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082621517427515693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37421406.post-89836748376203851492007-11-29T15:02:00.000-05:002007-11-29T15:02:00.000-05:00Good question Jerry... hopefully it's addressed in...Good question Jerry... hopefully it's addressed in my next post.<BR/><BR/>You're right about Mother Theresa, John, and how she illustrates some of the difficulties in making things simple enough to put on surveys.Brad Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07800309833079635465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37421406.post-82473890729584323982007-11-27T22:12:00.000-05:002007-11-27T22:12:00.000-05:00I wonder if Mother Theresa would be considered a p...I wonder if Mother Theresa would be considered a plateau christian since the new biography revealed her long silent relationship with God. This has been a great series Brad, thanks.<BR/>God is good<BR/>jpuJohn Umlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06403644529498645914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37421406.post-7300632621164997152007-11-27T16:54:00.000-05:002007-11-27T16:54:00.000-05:00Brad--thanks for your posts on these. I actually p...Brad--thanks for your posts on these. I actually paged through a copy of this while home over break. One question I had was whether the consumer driven model they were using has any effect on results. Willow Creek as a whole has favored business models, and this study is based on brand loyalty research. Does that account for some of the difficulties you've pointed out here? In particular, they make some assumptions about people's feeling about a product leading to actions that relates to your discussion of causality.Jerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05636025644051626772noreply@blogger.com