Transcript CSLI Service Learning – Final Meeting, Fall 2012 Review the process Review the findings Analyze - Hypotheses.

CSLI Service Learning – Final
Meeting, Fall 2012
Review the process
Review the findings
Analyze - Hypotheses
Review the process - 1
 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 Fall ‘13
70
66
62
60
57
58
54
60 61
62
58 58
55
53
51
50
57
55
51 52 51 50 52
52 52
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49 50
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36
34
31
30
27
20
10
50 4950
47
23
20 19
25 24
23
20
19
17
15 15
26
25
24
21
18
14
29
19
13
15
18
27 26
16
18
29
33 32
31
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32
28 27 28 28 28
25
23 22 22
21 20
27
20 21
16
17
17
16
12
18
14
0
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
Right
Wrong
Unsure
Fa
'11
Sp Fa Sp Fa
'12 '12 '13 '13
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16
Right/Wrong Direction –County, State, Nation, Respondent
60
50
40
50
49
50
36
35
35
30
24
20
10
10
0
Fall '12
Spring '13
Nation
Levels
State
Dem.
Fall '13
County
Rep.
Unaffiliated
Sp ‘13 Fa ‘13 Sp ‘13 Fa ‘13 Sp ‘13
Fa ‘13
County
58
55
38
43
50
52
State
54
47
12
20
37
34
Nation
38
15
8
3
27
9
Most Important Problem: Fall 2006 to Fall 2013
Economy continues drop as problem in March 2013
50
Education
Crime / drugs
Taxes – too high
Govt. inefficient, corrupt
48
45
Economy
48
40
38
36
35
33
36
35
Economy
30
30
27
25
23
23
20
19
17
15
10
12
10
8
5
3
0
16
12
Taxes
12
10
4
Spring '08
12
10
8
6
6
1
Fall '07
17
8
7
4
2
Fall '08
1
Spring '09
2
Fall '09
13
11
8
6
4
Spring '10
10
6
6
3
3
Fall '10
17
16
Govt. Waste/Ethics
11
9
19
17
Spring '11
9
8
5
4
Fall '11
9
7
9
8
7
4
Spring '12
Fall '12
11
9
8 Crime
6
5 Education
Spring '13
Fall '13
Economic Conditions: (% excellent+good)
County vs. Maryland and USA
80
70
71
71
69
60
50
55
49
46
48
40
30
27
30
44
31
45
32
49
35
48
33
51
38
20
11
10
0
11
11
11
5
9
13
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49
53
40
33
16
30
12
14
F '06 S '07 F '07 S '08 F'08 S '09 F '09 S '10 F '10 S '11 F '11 S '12 F '12 S '13 F '13
County
State
Federal
Cost of living indicators
70
Taxes too high
60
61
56
63
59
58
59
59
55
55
53
50
40
66
63
63
60
56
59
58
56
63
59
62
59
60
Wages too low
50
42
40
Utilities cost
44
46
43
41
39
Income rise
Transportation cost
21
11
34
31
29
27
24
21
17
10
32
30
26
24
21
39
36
35
30
32
30
20
66
13
12
15
15
14Find housing
11
10
14
12
9
0
S '08
F '08
S '09
F '09
S '10
F '10
S '11
F '11
S '12
F '12
S '13
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
F 13
Other economic indicators
Facing the possibility of house foreclosure or loss
Found a new or better job recently
Facing the possibility of unemployment
Health care insurance is unavailable, too expensive or inadequate
Significant losses in your stock or retirement accounts
Delay in making a major purchase such as a home or car
80
75
71
70
70
Stock losses
60
60
60
56
51
50
52
Delay
46
47
51
47
45
44
44
42
40
38
Health insurance
35
33
30
30
35
34
32
32
24
21
21
20
15
14
11
4
6
8
32
29
Unemployment
19
6
32
27
20
10
32
29
24
38
Home loss
7
9
7
8
17
16
19
14
11
8
14
17
16
New job
7
7
4
0
S '08
F '08
S '09
F '09
S '10
F '10
S '11
F '11
S '12
F '12
S '13
F '13
Economic Conditions over the next 12 Months
Spring 2013
Better
Same
Worse
Unsure/N
A
Total
26
44
25
5
100
23
33
40
5
100
6
31
58
5
101
21
56
18
5
101
Economic growth
Unemployment
Inflation
Your personal financial situation
30
26
22
22
20
14
9
7
10
6
7
1
0
-10
-3
Growth
Unemployment
Inflation
-2
-9
-13
-20
-17
-30
-40
-38
-43
-50
-46
-43
-52
-60
Fall '11
Spring '12
Fall '12
Spring '13
Fall '13
Personal Sit.
3
County Infrastructure Priorities
High
Medium
Low
Unsure/NA
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43
36
31
25
23
18
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15
13
27
37
28
35
39
29
35
26
33
39
20
19
31
28
24
41
35
37
48
46
3
1
4
6
12
7
12
21
4
2
Rebuilding or replacing the schools in your community
Rebuilding or replacing the roads servicing your community
Providing additional public transportation options to your community
Rebuilding or replacing police or fire stations servicing your community
Rebuilding or improving facilities at Anne Arundel Community College
Providing additional recreational access to the Chesapeake Bay
Rebuilding or replacing the police training academy
Rebuilding or replacing the current computer and email system used by the county
Rebuilding or replacing your local library
Rebuilding or replacing public parks used by your community
40
30
30
24
20
10
5
3
1
0
-33
Rebuilding or replacing public
parks used by your
community
-21
Rebuilding or replacing your
local library
-17
Rebuilding or replacing the
current computer and email
system used by the county
-18
Rebuilding or replacing the
police training academy
Providing additional
recreational access to the
Chesapeake Bay
Rebuilding or improving
facilities at Anne Arundel
Community College
Rebuilding or replacing police
or fire stations servicing your
community
-40
Providing additional public
transportation options to
your community
-30
Rebuilding or replacing the
roads servicing your
community
-20
Rebuilding or replacing the
schools in your community
-10
-33
County Problems – Better, Same, Worse over Last Year
Problem
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Gotten
better
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21
19
17
16
15
15
13
7
7
5
15
Improving the academic performance of our children
Improving the environment
Improving the overall quality of life in our County
Improving ethics in government
Controlling crime
Planning growth and development
Improving the efficiency of local government
Improving the local economy
Reducing poverty and homelessness
Reducing traffic congestion
Keeping taxes low
Average
2
Stayed about
the same
35
45
60
27
54
38
40
55
40
29
37
42
Gotten
worse
26
27
17
49
24
35
36
27
37
61
54
36
Unsure/
NA
11
7
3
8
7
12
9
6
16
3
4
8
2
0
-30
Keeping taxes low
-14
Reducing traffic congestion
Reducing poverty and
homelessness
-21
Improving the local
economy
-20
Improving the efficiency of
local government
-8
Planning growth and
development
-32
Controlling crime
Improving ethics in
government
-6
Improving the overall
quality of life in our County
-30
Improving the environment
-20
Improving the academic
performance of our
children
-10
-40
-50
-60
-49
-54
AACC Image and Rating
Phrase
Good reputation
Affordable
Community oriented
Wide selection of courses
Friendly staff
Top notch professors
Helpful for advancing my career
Good selection of course times
Fosters good citizenship
Technologically on the cutting edge
Provides students with “real –world” experiences
Public
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23
12
8
4
5
5
4
3
2
2
Students
79
67
29
54
48
32
43
48
25
25
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P-S
-31
-44
-17
-46
-44
-27
-38
-44
-22
-23
-41
11
46
37
Total
Rating
Public
Students
P-S
Excellent
Good
Okay
Poor
No answer
Total
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30
8
1
11
100
43
41
12
0
5
101
7
-11
-4
1
5
Mental Health Services
16% with experience (22% students)
Description
Services are accessible and easily
available
Services are affordable
Services are high quality
Providers are compassionate
No
Agree Agree Disagree
knowledge
Stds
23
21
49
34
20
24
20
21
19
29
19
16
6
54
58
58
No
answer
7
7
7
6
Presidential job approval
Fall 2007 to Fall 2013
70
61
60
53
50
54
47
47
43
42
40
30
35
32
30
28
50
47
40
37
45
42
44
49
44
43
40
25
24
20
10
0
Fall '07 Spring '08 Fall '08 Spring '09 Fall '09 Spring '10 Fall '10
CSLI
Spring '11
Gallup
Fall '11
Spring '12
Fall '12
Spring '13 Fall '13
Presidential Job Approval by Party Registration
Fall 2009 to Fall 2013
80
70
72
70
70
61
60
54
50
73
76
75
67
57
53
47
46
40
33
30
24
20
71
34
34
12
11
37
24
18
17
10
7
9
9
0
F '09
S '10
F '10
S '11
Democrats
F '11
Republicans
S '12
Unaffiliated
F '12
S '13
F '13
Trust in Political Parties
45
42
40
37
35
30
33
31
30
37
37
34
34
38
37
34
32
37
37
34
34
32
31
30
29
28
27
38
37
37
32
26
25
23
20
21
20
21
21
17
17
15
Spring
Fall
2008
Spring
Fall
2009
Spring
Fall
Spring
2010
Democrats
Fall
2011
Republicans
Spring
Fall
2012
Neither
Spring
Fall
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