Transcript CSLI Service Learning – Exit Meeting

CSLI Service Learning – Final
Meeting, Fall 2012
Review the process
Review the findings
Analyze - Hypotheses
Review the process – 1
• Evaluate the CSLI process
– Review – what exactly did CSLI do?
• Generated questionnaire
• Oriented students in intro meeting
– Reviewed questionnaire with students
– Reviewed nature of surveys/sampling
• Trained students in telephone/marking instructions
• Conducted telephone interviews
– Target at least 400 completions
– Accomplished – 420 completions
• Post on CSLI Web site – still waiting approval
• Expect coverage in major media – pending
Review the process - 2
• Questionnaire issues - questions
- Did some questions give you more problems than others?
• Clarity
• Public constantly asked for restatement
• Vagueness of what is being asked
– Did the respondents seem to think that the questions
were generally interesting?
– Did the respondents think that the survey was too long or
short?
– Other suggestions?
Review the process - 3
• Public receptivity
• Were you surprised by how easy/hard it was to obtain
a completion?
• Problems with phone numbers?
• Idle chatter from respondents?
• Bias among interviewers?
• Partial completions?
• Other suggestions
County: Right or Wrong Direction? Spring ‘99 to Spring ‘13
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Sp Fa Sp Fa Sp Fa Sp Fa Sp Fa Sp Fa Sp Fa Sp Fa Sp Fa Sp Fa Sp Fa Sp Fa Sp Fa Sp Fa Sp
'99 '99 '00 '00 '01 '01 '02 '02 '03 '03 '04 '04 '05 '05 '06 '06 '07 '07 '08 '08 '09 '09 '10 '10 '11 '11 '12 '12 '13
Right
Wrong
Unsure
Right/Wrong Direction – Individual by County, State, Nation
Right Wrong
County
49
33
Unsure/
Don’t know
18
State
35
55
10
Nation
24
64
13
Respondent
74
14
12
Levels
County
State
Nation
Respondent
Dem.% “right”
Rep.
58
54
38
74
38
12
8
72
DemRep.
20
32
30
2
Unaffiliated
50
37
27
72
Most Important Problem: Fall 2006 to Spring 2013
Economy continues drop as problem in March 2013
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48
48
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38
36
35
36
33Economy
35
30
30
27
25
23
20
17
16
16
15
15
12
10
23
21
Taxes
17
16
12
12
9
9
8
7
5
12
10
19
17
13
11
11
9
5
5
5
4
4
4
2
3
2
0
Fall '06
Spring '07
Fall '07
Economy
Spring '08
Fall '08
High taxes
Spring '09
Fall '09
Growth
Spring '10
Fall '10
Education
Spring '11
Fall '11
Spring '12
Transportation
Fall '12
Crime
Spring '13
Economic Conditions:
County vs. Maryland and USA
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70
71
71
69
County
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46
49
48
44
51
48
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49
45
40
38
35
31
30
30
27
32
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33
30
Maryland
20
16
11
10
11
11
11
13
12
9
USA
5
0
F '06
S '97
F '07
S '08
F '08
S '09
F '09
S '10
F '10
S '11
F '11
S '12
F '12
S '13
Cost of living indicators
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60
61
56
63
59
58
59
59
55
55
53
50
40
63
60
56
59
58
56
63
59
62
59
50
42
40
46
44
43
41
21
11
35
32
30
34
31
27
21
17
10
39
36
26
24
21
39
30
32
30
20
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63
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12
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15
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12
11
10
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0
S '08
F '08
S '09
F '09
S '10
F '10
S '11
F '11
S '12
F '12
Unable to find affordable housing
Received an income increase
Hard to afford the cost of transportation
Hard to afford the cost of utilities such as electricity or gas
Taxes are too high in relation to government services provided
Wages or salaries are not rising as fast as the cost of living
S '13
Other economic indicators
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Facing the possibility of house foreclosure or loss
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6
Facing the possibility of unemployment
S '08
F '08
S '09
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24
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4
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27
20
6
35
29
24
10
42
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7
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16
Found9a new or better
8 job recently 8
19
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11
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4
F '09
Significant losses in your stock or retirement accounts
S '10
F '10
Health care insurance is unavailable, too expensive or inadequate
S '11
F '11
S '12
F '12
S '13
Delay in making a major purchase such as a home or car
Economic Conditions over the next 12 Months
Spring 2013
Economic growth
Unemployment
Inflation
Your personal financial situation
30
22
26
Better
Same
Worse
31
24
9
23
39
32
32
58
24
37
52
16
Unsure/N
A
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7
8
4
Total
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100
101
101
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20
14
9
7
10
6
7
0
-10
-3
Growth
Unemployment
-9
-20
-2
Personal Sit.
Inflation
-13
-30
-40
-38
-43
-50
Fall '11
Spring '12
Fall '12
-46
-43
Spring '13
Retirement Planning/Age
% Very
important
Age
18-30
46
59
31-40
41
41-50
75
51-60
71
61-65
67
66 and over
50
Overall
62
Age Group
41
County Executive: Top Priority
Percent
Citing
Examples
20
“Change the way the county has been run,” “Clean house,” “Build citizen confidence in
government,” “Pay more attention to details,” “Avoid scandal troubles,” “Deal with corruption,”
“Ethics/ethical governance,” “Honesty and awareness of what is going on”
Personal improvements
2
“Improving her experience,” “Get more familiar with the county,” “Increase visibility to the public”
Efficiency Improvements
2
“Streamline government,” “Analyze the efficiency of county government”
Economy
15
Education
12
“Jobs,” “Help small businesses,” “Jobs for young people and college students,” “Promoting
businesses”
“Maintain school funding,” “Build more/better schools,” “Make schools secure,” “Help education”
Budget
10
Taxes
10
Non-policy
Institutional improvements
Policy
Transportation
Environment
Service improvements
Growth
5
3
3
“Fiscal management,” “Get rid of excess spending,” “Control government expenditures,” “Stop
inefficient spending”
“Get a handle on taxes,” “Lower taxes,” “Change the tax cap to raise taxes,” “Lower property
taxes”
“Fix county roads,” “Deal with traffic congestion”
“Clean up the Bay,” “Take care of natural resources,” “Deal with run-off”
“Improve police and emergency services staffing,” “Increase teacher pay,” “Upgrade county
technology,” “Improve services for the disabled”
“Stop excess development,” “Overpopulation”
Other policy improvements
2
2
7
“Gun control,” “Healthcare,” “Gas prices,” “More frequent trash pickup,” “Improve housing”
General comments
2
“Think of the general welfare of the county,” “Move the county in a positive direction”
Crime
Unsure
Total
4
99
“Lower crime,” “Better police protection,” “Improve public safety”
Method of Emergency
Communications: Favor, Works Best
45
40
County Web
site, 52
Twitter, 14
35
Landline call,
82
Facebook, 19
Email, 61
39
30
25
Cell phone call,
49
21
20
16
Text message,
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15
15
10
5
5
1
0
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4
State and Local Issues
Support Oppose
Repealing the death penalty and replacing it
with life without the possibility of parole
Having those seeking to purchase a handgun
pay a $100 fee at the time of purchase
Having handgun purchasers be fingerprinted
at the time of purchase
Having handgun purchasers be required to
complete a safety course prior to purchase
Expanding wind energy financed by a
monthly $1.50 fee on residential BGE
customers
Paying an annual fee of $85 to help pay for
storm water management and Bay clean-up
Providing curbside composting pickup
Allowing county charter schools tap into the
same construction funding for building
facilities currently used by regular public
schools
Allowing counties to increase the sales tax on
gasoline sales to improve roads.
Unsure
No answer
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52
7
2
45
49
4
2
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19
3
0
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16
2
0
43
53
4
0
36
61
2
1
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39
27
51
5
9
2
1
21
77
3
0
State and Local Issues: By Party
Overall
Repealing the death penalty and replacing it
with life without the possibility of parole
Having those seeking to purchase a handgun
pay a $100 fee at the time of purchase
Having handgun purchasers be fingerprinted
at the time of purchase
Having handgun purchasers be required to
complete a safety course prior to purchase
Expanding wind energy financed by a
monthly $1.50 fee on residential BGE
customers
Paying an annual fee of $85 to help pay for
storm water management and Bay clean-up
Providing curbside composting pickup
Allowing county charter schools tap into the
same construction funding for building
facilities currently used by regular public
schools
Allowing counties to increase the sales tax on
gasoline sales to improve roads.
Dems
Reps
Unaffiliated
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50
28
36
45
57
33
44
78
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63
85
82
91
71
85
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54
31
39
36
44
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40
66
39
71
33
61
46
64
35
21
27
13
24
Presidential job approval
Fall 2007 to Spring 2013
70
61
60
53
50
54
47
47
43
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40
30
35
32
30
28
50
47
40
37
45
42
44
49
44
25
24
20
10
0
Fall '07
Spring '08
Fall '08
Spring '09
Fall '09
Spring '10
CSLI
Fall '10
Spring '11
Gallup
Fall '11
Spring '12
Fall '12
Spring '13
Presidential Job Approval by Party Registration
Fall 2009 to Spring 2013
80
70
72
70
70
73
76
75
44
46
44
67
61
60
57
54
53
47
47
50
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47
42
40
42
37
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30
24
34
34
12
11
24
20
18
17
10
7
9
0
F '09
S '10
F '10
Overall
S '11
Democrats
F '11
Republicans
S '12
Unaffiliated
F '12
S '13
Obama’s Top Priority
Priority
Spending
Budget
Taxes
Debt/deficit
Percentage
6
16
4
6
Total
Economy
Jobs
32
24
15
Total
Bipartisanship/work with Congress
End foreign wars
Domestic policies – other
Foreign policies - other
Misc.
Total
39
7
4
7
3
8
100
Trust in Political Parties
Democrats
Republicans
Neither
No opinion/other
45
42
40
37
35
30
33
31
30
37
37
34
34
38
37
34
32
32
31
30
32
26
25
20
37
34
29
28
27
38
37
37
21
20
21
21
17
17
9
9
15
10
8
7
5
8
6
7
7
7
4
4
0
Spring
Fall
2009
Spring
Fall
2010
Spring
Fall
2011
Spring
Fall
2012
Spring
Fall
2012
Spring
2013
Exercise: Develop Hypotheses
1. Identify a dependent variable – attitude, preference
2. Identify an independent variable – a social/demographic characteristic
3. Specify a likely relationship between the two based on a “theory” or hunch
you have about people and attitudes