Just as Bon Jovi was Livin’ on a Prayer back in 1986, I continue to be praying in the survey responses. And as of this day, the 8th of July, 2019, we have received enough survey responses to be “half way there” to statistical significance. Comparing and averaging two different measures for determining statistical significance (at a 95% confidence level and with a P value of 0.05), my goal is to collect 384 responses (assuming a target population of 500,000 seminary alumni from the United States and Canada). As of this day, I have:
Those responses have come from Gordon-Conwell, Northern, Truett, and the Evangelical Homiletics Society. I am in ongoing conversations still with The Master’s Seminary, Western, Ambrose, Regent, and McMaster seminaries.