Music Survey

Summer 2008

Total Number of Surveys Per Age Group and # of Valid Surveys For Each Section

Sample Sizes

Total Number of Surveys: 159                          Organ Avg:                               7.883

Hymns Avg:                  8.148                           Worship Team Avg:                  8.1056

Piano Avg:                    7.6419                         Classical Ant. Avg:                    6.676

Worship Songs Avg:     8.178                           Contemp Ant. Avg:                   7.5845

Choir Avg:                    8.10526                       Gospel Ant. Avg:                      8

Hymn Ranking

Age	Average	Ranking 1, 2 or 3	Ranking 8, 9 or 10
9-12	10	0	1
13-18	4.9166	5	2
19-25	6.625	3	8
26-39	7.41667	0	7
40-64	8.873	0	55
65+	8.627	1	43

Piano Ranking

Age	Average	Ranking 1, 2 or 3	Ranking 8, 9 or 10
9-12	10	0	1
13-18	6.9166	1	5
19-25	7.8125	0	8
26-39	6.9166	0	4
40-64	7.98387	2	41
65+	7.444	3	29

Worship Songs Ranking

Age	Average	Ranking 1, 2 or 3	Ranking 8, 9 or 10
9-12	10	0	1
13-18	9.45	0	10
19-25	8.94	0	16
26-39	8.33	0	9
40-64	8.3437	1	49
65+	7.2826	7	27

Choir

Age	Average	Ranking 1, 2 or 3	Ranking 8, 9 or 10
9-12	10	0	1
13-18	6.5833	1	4
19-25	6.8125	1	6
26-39	7.2727	0	5
40-64	8.1385	1	44
65+	8.9362	0	41

Organ

Age	Average	Ranking 1, 2 or 3	Ranking 8, 9 or 10
9-12	10	0	1
13-18	6.167	1	4
19-25	6.059	2	6
26-39	7.2727	0	5
40-64	7.9843	2	39
65+	8.8979	1	45

Worship Team

Age	Average	Ranking 1, 2 or 3	Ranking 8, 9 or 10
9-12	10	0	1
13-18	9.667	0	12
19-25	8.706	1	15
26-39	8.25	1	10
40-64	8.359	2	51
65+	7.043	6	26

Classical Anthem Ranking

Age	Average	Ranking 1, 2 or 3	Ranking 8, 9 or 10
9-12	10	0	1
13-18	5.818	3	3
19-25	5.5	3	4
26-39	6.5	0	4
40-64	6.190	7	32
65+	7.175	3	20

Contemporary Anthem Ranking

Age	Average	Ranking 1, 2 or 3	Ranking 8, 9 or 10
9-12	10	0	1
13-18	6.818	1	4
19-25	7.588	1	9
26-39	7.5	0	6
40-64	8.115	0	45
65+	6.95	3	20

Gospel Anthem Ranking

Age	Average	Ranking 1, 2 or 3	Ranking 8, 9 or 10
9-12	10	0	1
13-18	5.909	2	2
19-25	7.058	2	8
26-39	7.416	1	5
40-64	8.46	2	53
65+	8.33	2	36

Age Separated Group Averages

Category	9-12, 13-18, 19-25, 26-39	40-64, 65+
Hymns	6.439	8.7632
Piano	7.3415	7.757
Worship Songs	8.927	7.9
Choir	7.075	8.473
Organ	6.512	8.3805
Worship Team	8.881	7.809
Classical Anthems	6	6.9411
Contemporary Anthems	7.4146	7.653
Gospel Anthems	6.9268	8.407

Total Surveys in 9-39 Group: 43

Total Surveys in 40-65+ Group: 116

Choir and Hymn Rating with Sanctuary Choir Omitted

Category	Valid Surveys	Average	Ranked 1, 2, 3	Ranked 8, 9, 10
Choir	108 out of 113	7.824	3	65
Hymns	109 out of 113	7.908	8	75

Worship Songs and Worship Team Rating with Worship Team Omitted

Category	Valid Surveys	Average	Ranked 1, 2, 3	Ranked 8, 9, 10
Worship Songs	131 out of 139	8.023	8	92
Worship Teams	132 out of 139	7.924	10	95

Classical Anthems Rating with Choir Omitted

Category	Valid Surveys	Average	Ranked 1, 2, 3	Ranked 8, 9, 10
Classical Anthems	97 out of 113	6.3505	13	37

Song Display Choice

Age	Valid Surveys	Red Hymnal	Overhead	Bulletin	Equal
9-12	2 out of 2	0	1	0	1
13-18	12 out of 12	1	9	1	2
19-25	17 out of 17	2	9	0	7
26-39	12 out of 12	0	2	0	10
40-64	63 out of 65	17	17	2	32
65+	49 out of 51	19	9	0	24
Total	155	39	47	3	76

Song Display Choice with Choir Omitted and the Choir Selections

Category	# of Surveys	Red Hymnal	Overhead	Bulletin	Equal
Choir Omitted	111	22	38	2	55
Choir	31	11	6	0	14

Most Important Elements in Service

There were 20 invalid surveys which could not be used in this section.
An ‘A’ is worth 6 points, ‘B’ is worth 4 points, and a ‘C’ is worth 2 points.

Total

Category	“A”	“B”	“C”	Total
Hymns	23	22	27	268
Solo/Duet	1	1	1	12
Silence	3	0	4	24
Child. Story	3	9	6	66
Worship Set.	5	2	10	58
Worship Songs	25	20	15	260
Instrumental	1	5	1	28
Sermon	61	24	12	486
Drama	2	5	5	42
Choir Specials	5	5	10	70
Public Prayer	2	5	6	44
Scripture Read.	6	12	6	96
Communion	13	8	12	134

All Important: 4

With Choir and Worship Team Omitted

Category	“A”	“B”	“C”	Total
Hymns	11	12	16	146
Solo/Duet	1	0	1	8
Silence	3	0	3	22
Child. Story	1	8	6	54
Worship Set.	4	2	8	48
Worship Songs	15	14	8	162
Instrumental	0	4	1	18
Sermon	53	12	7	380
Drama	1	4	2	26
Choir Specials	1	2	4	22
Public Prayer	1	4	6	34
Scripture Read.	4	7	4	72
Communion	9	7	7	96

All Important: 0

Least Important Elements in the Service

There were 27 invalid surveys which could not be used in this section.  22 of the invalid surveys were left blank regarding this section.

An ‘A’ is worth 6 points, ‘B’ is worth 4 points, and a ‘C’ is worth 2 points.

Total:

Category	“A”	“B”	“C”	Total
Hymns	8	2	2	58
Solo/Duet	10	13	10	132
Silence	27	18	13	260
Child. Story	1	3	4	26
Worship Set.	15	13	10	162
Worship Songs	5	4	2	50
Instrumental	8	16	17	146
Sermon	3	1	2	26
Drama	51	17	4	382
Choir Specials	3	7	2	50
Public Prayer	5	6	4	62
Scripture Read.	3	3	2	34
Communion	2	1	3	22

With Choir and Worship Team Omitted

Category	“A”	“B”	“C”	Total
Hymns	6	2	2	46
Solo/Duet	4	8	9	74
Silence	12	11	5	126
Child. Story	0	2	2	12
Worship Set.	7	7	6	82
Worship Songs	2	2	1	22
Instrumental	4	12	8	88
Sermon	1	0	2	10
Drama	36	11	3	266
Choir Specials	2	4	2	32
Public Prayer	2	4	3	34
Scripture Read.	2	1	0	16
Communion	1	1	3	16

Summary of Most/Least Section

A (T) indicates a tie

Rank	Total Most	W/O Most	Total Least	W/O Least
1	Sermon	Sermon	Drama	Drama
2	Hymns	Worship Songs	Silence	Silence
3	Worship Songs	Hymns	Worship Set.	Instrumental
4	Communion	Communion	Instrumental	Worship Set.
5	Script. Reading	Script. Reading	Solo/Duet	Solo/Duet
6	Choir Specials	Child. Story	Public Prayers	Hymns
7	Child. Story	Worship Set.	Hymns	Public Prayers
8	Worship Set.	Public Prayers	W. Songs (T)	Choir Specials
9	Public Prayers	Drama	Choir Spec. (T)	Worship Songs
10	Drama	Choir Spec. (T)	Script. Reading	Script. Read. (T)
11	Instrumental	Silence (T)	Child. Story (T)	Communion (T)
12	Silence	Instrumental	Sermon (T)	Children’s Story
13	Solo/Duet	Solo/Duet	Communion	Sermon