In a small seminar class, there were eight Protestants, four Catholics, three Jews, two Muslims, a Buddhist, and seven students with no religious affiliation ("Nones"). The mode for this variable is
A) eight
B) undefined since the variable is nominal in level of measurement
C) Protestant
D) the same as the median

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The mode is the category with the highest frequency, which in this case is "Protestant" with eight students.

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