In a small seminar class, there were eight students who identify as Protestant, four as Catholics, three as Jewish, two as Muslim, one as Buddhist, and seven students who have no religious affiliation. The mode for the variable religious affiliation 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 most frequently occurring value in a dataset. In this case, the most frequently occurring religious affiliation is Protestant, with eight students who identify as such.

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