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Improved Model Exploration for the Relationship between Moral Foundations and Moral Judgment Development Using Bayesian Model Averaging
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Han, Hyemin; Dawson, Kelsie J. – Journal of Moral Education, 2022
Although some previous studies have investigated the relationship between moral foundations and moral judgment development, the methods used have not been able to fully explore the relationship. In the present study, we used Bayesian Model Averaging (BMA) in order to address the limitations in traditional regression methods that have been used…
Descriptors: Moral Values, Moral Development, Decision Making, Correlation
Why Do We Need to Employ Bayesian Statistics and How Can We Employ It in Studies of Moral Education?: With Practical Guidelines to Use JASP for Educators and Researchers
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Han, Hyemin; Park, Joonsuk; Thoma, Stephen J. – Journal of Moral Education, 2018
In this article, we discuss the benefits of Bayesian statistics and how to utilize them in studies of moral education. To demonstrate concrete examples of the applications of Bayesian statistics to studies of moral education, we reanalyzed two data sets previously collected: one small data set collected from a moral educational intervention…
Descriptors: Moral Development, Bayesian Statistics, Computer Software, Intervention
The Effects of Fraternity and Sorority Membership in the Fourth Year of College: A Detrimental or Value-Added Component of Undergraduate Education?
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Hevel, Michael S.; Martin, Georgianna L.; Weeden, Dustin D.; Pascarella, Ernest T. – Journal of College Student Development, 2015
We use a longitudinal national dataset to explore the direct and conditional effects of fraternity/sorority membership on students' educational outcomes in the 4th year of college. Controlling for a variety of potentially confounding variables, including pretest measures of the outcomes, we find no direct effect of fraternity/sorority membership…
Descriptors: Student Organizations, Fraternities, Sororities, Undergraduate Students
Developing Moral Maturity: An Evaluation of the Media Ethics Course Using the DIT-2
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Auger, Giselle A.; Gee, Charlie – Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, 2016
The purpose of this study was to add to the limited body of knowledge on the effect of the media ethics course, specifically to investigate the effect of the course on the growth in moral judgment reasoning of students through a quasi-experimental pre-test, post-test analysis using the Defining Issues Test 2 (DIT-2). Results demonstrated…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Moral Development, Moral Values, Values
Media's Moral Messages: Assessing Perceptions of Moral Content in Television Programming
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Glover, Rebecca J.; Garmon, Lance C.; Hull, Darrell M. – Journal of Moral Education, 2011
This study extends the examination of moral content in the media by exploring moral messages in television programming and viewer characteristics predictive of the ability to perceive such messages. Generalisability analyses confirmed the reliability of the Media's Moral Messages (MMM) rating form for analysing programme content and the existence…
Descriptors: Ethical Instruction, Familiarity, Programming (Broadcast), Television
Can Ethics Be Taught? A Quasi-Experimental Study of the Impact of Class Size on the Cognitive Moral Reasoning of Freshmen Business Students
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Sullivan, Ethan A. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of a business ethics course on the cognitive moral reasoning of freshmen business students. The sample consisted of 268 college students enrolled in a required business ethics course. The students took Rest's Defining Issues Test--Version 2 (DIT2) as a pre-test and then post-test (upon…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Class Size, Predictor Variables, Active Learning
Empathy, Perspective Taking and Personal Values as Predictors of Moral Schemas
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Myyrya, Liisa; Juujarvi, Soile; Pesso, Kaija – Journal of Moral Education, 2010
The aim of this study was to clarify the relationships between empathy variables, personal values and moral reasoning. The impact of empathic concern, perspective taking and personal values measured by the Portrait Value Questionnaire on moral schemas measured by the Defining Issues Test was investigated among 599 students from a university of…
Descriptors: Interests, Perspective Taking, Norms, Moral Values