format_quote Originally Posted by
colouremotions
its kind of a true, and not very true, because geographic location there is middle east, where the majority of islamic world is based, so if someone lives in west, in usa, but is muslim, and its background is in M.east, than he tikes it on the survey, as M.east
maybe you are right, identity is not the right name, but it should be geographical cultural ...
or cultural roots
???
There are significant Muslim populations in Asia and North Africa as well. Since you separate the middle east from Asia (even though geographically the middle east lies within the continent of asia, and additionally you separate Asia into three distinct groups for your sample), and you also have an African option, you are likely to get large Muslim groups who identify with the Middle East, Asian, and Africa. This creates quite an overlap, and so, no, you are not likely to identify "Muslim" emotional perceptions. To say that the perceptions of the middle east are representative of muslim perception would be false, because a sample of muslims from the middle east is not representative of muslims on a whole, who also come from asia, africa, europe, america, etc.
Anyhow, my intention is not to pick on your survey. :) I just wanted to point out that it is wrong to tell people that you are looking for Muslim's views, when in reality you are not. (I'm not sure what made you decide to divide your locations as they are either, but I won't go into that or anything else here. LOL) I agree that you are attempting to understand cultural differences, (but there are problems even within your groupings, imo).
All the best and good luck!