This study concerned the relationship between attitudes toward technology and religion among collegiate undergraduates. Attitude measures of religious ideology and technological innovations were administered to 144 education students and 198 business students. While those in education scored slightly higher than those in business on the ideology measure but lower on the technology measure, the differences were in the generally accepted small range of effect size. Views toward ideology and technological innovations were statistically independent of each other. Over-all, both groups showed positive attitudes toward traditional religious values and technology.
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