The following analysis from the GSS website shows the way different races like or prefer classical music as documented in a Likert scale. In this regard, I chose to carry out an analysis of how different races liked the classical music, using a Likert scale that showed a five-item scale. These were “like very much, like it, mixed feelings, dislike it, dislike very much”. The following table shows the results obtained during the GSS analysis.
SDA 4.0: Means General Social Survey Cumulative Data file 1972-2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Main Statistics | |||||
| Cells contain: - Mean -Complex Std Errs -N of cases | RACE | ||||
1 WHITE | 2 BLACK | 3 OTHER | ROW TOTAL | ||
CLASSICAL | 1: LIKE VERY MUCH | 1.00 .000 27 | 2.00 *.000 14 | 3.00 *.000 3 | 1.45 .081 44 |
| 2: LIKE IT | 1.00 .000 102 | 2.00 .000 41 | 3.00 *.000 16 | 1.46 .064 159 | |
| 3: MIXED FEELINGS | 1.00 .000 223 | 2.00 *.000 41 | 3.00 *.000 20 | 1.29 .044 284 | |
| 4: DISLIKE IT | 1.00 .000 379 | 2.00 *.000 38 | 3.00 *.000 16 | 1.16 .027 433 | |
| 5: DISLIKE VERY MUCH | 1.00 .000 558 | 2.00 *.000 37 | 3.00 *.000 19 | 1.12 .020 614 | |
| COL TOTAL | 1.00 .000 1,289 | 2.00 .000 171 | 3.00 * .000 74 | 1.21 .024 1,534 | |
Mean of RACE OF RESPONDENT BY LIKE OR DISLIKE CLASSICAL MUSIC BY RACE OF RESPONDENT
Standard error calculations
Sample design: stratified cluster sample
Stratum variable = SAMPLERC
Cluster variable = RSAMPCODE
Method: Taylor series approximation
Allocation of cases | |
| Valid cases | 1,534 |
| Cases with invalid codes on row or column variable | 58,065 |
| Total cases | 59,599 |
Write – up
The analysis above shows that there is a close relationship between race and classical music. However, the analysis further unearths the fact that the white race does not like classical music as much as the black race. The others category stand out in their liking for the classical music, higher above both the liking rates for the white and blacks. However, the analysis shows that the blacks like classical music more in comparison to the whites.
