Question

Frequency

Write two sentences indicating why you think the results bellow of are nominal and scale measurement level. Keep in mind that we’re only considering what SPSS calls the valid responses. The missing responses represent missing data (e.g., don’t know or no answer responses)

RESPONDENT'S RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	PROTESTANT	1087	42.8	43.2	43.2
	CATHOLIC	639	25.2	25.4	68.5
	JEWISH	38	1.5	1.5	70.0
	NONE	520	20.5	20.7	90.7
	OTHER	27	1.1	1.1	91.8
	BUDDHISM	27	1.1	1.1	92.8
	HINDUISM	15	.6	.6	93.4
	OTHER EASTERN	6	.2	.2	93.7
	MOSLEM/ISLAM	9	.4	.4	94.0
	ORTHODOX-CHRISTIAN	10	.4	.4	94.5
	OTHER CHRISTIAN	135	5.3	5.4	99.8
	NATIVE AMERICAN	2	.1	.1	99.9
	INTER-NONDENOMINATIONAL	3	.1	.1	100.0
	Total	2518	99.2	100.0
Missing	DK	5	.2
	NA	14	.6
	Total	20	.8
Total		2538	100.0

UNRECODED PROTESTANT DENOMINATION
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	AM BAPTIST ASSO	22	.9	1.8	1.8
	AM BAPT CH IN USA	15	.6	1.3	3.1
	NAT BAPT CONV OF AM	11	.4	.9	4.0
	NAT BAPT CONV USA	3	.1	.2	4.2
	SOUTHERN BAPTIST	138	5.4	11.3	15.6
	OTHER BAPTISTS	21	.8	1.7	17.2
	BAPTIST-DK WHICH	136	5.4	11.2	28.4
	AFR METH EPISCOPAL	6	.3	.5	28.9
	AFR METH EP ZION	4	.2	.3	29.3
	UNITED METHODIST	110	4.3	9.0	38.3
	OTHER METHODIST	4	.1	.3	38.6
	METHODIST-DK WHICH	18	.7	1.5	40.1
	AM LUTHERAN	10	.4	.8	40.9
	LUTH CH IN AMERICA	5	.2	.4	41.3
	LUTHERAN-MO SYNOD	22	.9	1.8	43.1
	WI EVAN LUTH SYNOD	4	.2	.4	43.5
	OTHER LUTHERAN	3	.1	.2	43.7
	EVANGELICAL LUTH	15	.6	1.3	45.0
	LUTHERAN-DK WHICH	26	1.0	2.1	47.1
	PRESBYTERIAN C IN US	8	.3	.6	47.7
	UNITED PRES CH IN US	8	.3	.6	48.4
	OTHER PRESBYTERIAN	3	.1	.2	48.6
	PRESBYTERIAN, MERGED	11	.4	.9	49.5
	PRESBYTERIAN-DK WH	31	1.2	2.5	52.0
	EPISCOPAL	33	1.3	2.7	54.7
	OTHER	254	10.0	20.9	75.6
	NO DENOMINATION	298	11.7	24.4	100.0
	Total	1219	48.0	100.0
Missing	IAP	1302	51.3
	DK	2	.1
	NA	14	.6
	Total	1319	52.0
Total		2538	100.0

Answer 1

Here, we have to discuss the scale of measurements for the given results from SPSS. From the given SPSS results it is observed that results are obtained from the nominal scale measurement level data. The given frequency distribution explains the frequency and percentage of the respondent’s religious preference. The question asked to respondents is “what is your religious preference?” or “what is your religion?” Respondents included in the survey provided the answers or responses as the names of different religions. So, the collected data is nothing but the set of different names of religions. This means that the collected data do not contain any numbers and it only contains the name of the different religions such as Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, etc. So, names in the dataset represent the nominal level of measurements.