ABSTRACT
This chapter provides a comprehensive description of the sample followed by a detailed discussion of the rationale and the research approach used, a description of and a discussion on, the design and implementation of a tailored research instrument. It also addresses that specific methodological issues are: choice of methodology, testing and validating the research instrument, interviewer engagement levels against a naturalistic background, improving open communication, and finally some ethical considerations. The methodology incorporated both qualitative and quantitative approaches and armed the study with instruments designed to secure full and honest participation of respondents. The chapter presents a profile of the Irish economic disposition that is informed by research findings. The correlation between religiosity and individual indicators of economic engagement are then used to support a number of conclusions which in turn form the basis to construct the profile of the Catholic economic disposition with some confidence.
