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Download full textWELCH, TIMOTHY – 1965
ACCURATE ASSESSMENT OF COMMUNITY OPINION AND REACTION DEPENDS UPON ADEQUATE SAMPLING TECHNIQUES. VOTER REGISTRATION LISTS PROVIDE ONE SOURCE FROM WHICH TO DRAW SAMPLES. RESEARCHERS MUST CONSIDER THE COSTS OF LARGE SAMPLES IN RELATION TO TWO QUESTIONS--(1) THE CLOSENESS WITH WHICH THE TOTAL POPULATION IS TO BE MATCHED BY THE SAMPLE, AND (2) THE…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Study, Community Surveys, Sample Size
Lake, Celinda C.; Harper, Pat Callbeck – 1987
This book presents hands-on information on how to plan, administer, and analyze opinion polls. Guidance is also offered on how to make this strategy accessible to public interest groups. Several examples, checklists, warnings of possible pitfalls, and lists of material and human resources occur throughout the chapters. Major sections address the…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Study, Community Surveys, Data Collection
Pealer, Casius H. – Community College Frontiers, 1980
Summarizes the methodology and findings of a telephone survey conducted by Central Florida Community College to identify the educational needs of its service district. Discusses the role of an advisory committee in planning the study, the pilot testing of the questionnaire, interviewer training, publicity, funding, and costs. (JP)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Study, Community Surveys, Costs
Dzierlenga, Donna; Friedlander, Jack – 1981
Practical information is provided, in a question and answer format, for community college officials who are planning to conduct a community needs assessment. A brief discussion of the usefulness of needs assessment surveys to the college planning process is followed by descriptions of eight steps to be followed in planning and conducting a survey:…
Descriptors: Bias, Community Colleges, Community Needs, Community Study
Conway, James A.; And Others – 1974
To continue to be an effective local educational leader in curricular change, fiscal policy making, and, above all, in planning for education, the school administrator must have a continuous flow of usable information on public opinion. The purpose of this book is to provide the administrator with practical methods for systematically monitoring…
Descriptors: Community Study, Community Surveys, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Butler, Dennis G. – 1980
A telephone survey of area residents was conducted by the Coast Community College District during Spring 1980 to assess citizen awareness of the District's programs and to determine area educational needs. Approximately 4,800 individual telephone numbers were dialed to obtain completed interviews with 546 residents, representing a geographically…
Descriptors: Age, College Role, Community Colleges, Community Study
