Does the number of times a person attends religious services (attend) vary by religious preference (relig)? In selecting the appropriate test or procedure, you need to consider the question, the number of samples or categories being compared, and the level of measurement of the variables.

RS RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE * HOW OFTEN R ATTENDS RELIGIOUS SERVICES Crosstabulation Count HOW OFTEN R ATTENDS RELIGIOUS SERVICES LT ONCE A ONCE A SEVRL TIMES ONCE A 2-3KA NRLY EVERY MORE THN NEVER YEAR YEAR AYR MONTH MONTH WEEK EVERY WEEK ONCE WK Total RS RELIGIOUS PROTESTANT 91 44 106 90 52 66 42 163 09 763 PREFERENCE CATHOLIC 43 20 56 52 29 33 14 79 16 342 JEWISH 5 4 3 9 2 1 - 6 1 32 NONE 150 34 36 13 5 - 245 OTHER (SPECIFY) 5 2 11 BUDDHISM - 11 HINDUISM ONW 2 5 OTHER EASTERN 0 2 MOSLEMISLAM 2 0 8 ORTHODOX-CHRISTIAN 9 CHRISTIAN 12 10 57 INTER 0 NONDENOMINATIONAL Total 314 114 221 177 93 116 60 261 132 1488 Chi-Square Tests Asymptotic Significance Value df (2-sided) Pearson Chi-Square 482.136 88 000 Likelihood Ratio 493.244 88 000 Linear-by-Linear 84.248 1 000 Association N of Valid Cases 1488 a. 74 cells (68.5%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum expected count is .08.Case Processing Summary Cases Valid Missing Total N Percent N Percent N Percent RS RELIGIOUS 1488 99.2% 12 0.8% 1500 100.0% PREFERENCE * HOW OFTEN R ATTENDS RELIGIOUS SERVICES Symmetric Measures Asymptotic Approximate Standard Approximate Value Error Significance Interval by Interval Pearson's R -.238 025 -9.447 000 Ordinal by Ordinal Spearman Correlation -.368 023 -15.244 000 N of Valid Cases 1488 a. Not assuming the null hypothesis. b. Using the asymptotic standard error assuming the null hypothesis. c. Based on normal approximation