Public Personnel Update

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Applying the logic of sample surveys to qualitative case studies: The case cluster method

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THE THIRD ANNUAL PUBLIC OPINION SURVEY OF KANSAS

This is a summary of major findings in the 1987 poll of Kansas public opinion. 1. Over 80% of Kansans view the state as a good or excellent place to live. 2. Kansans support a prohibition on the smoking of cigarettes in the workplace. 3. Most Kansans support drug testing for state employees whose work involves public safety. 4. A majority of Kansans support the death penalty ---9% in support, 24% in opposition, and 7% neutral. 5. Kansans are split over whether cost should be a consideration in the adoption of the death penalty -- 44% said cost should be a consideration and 56% said it should not. 6. Only 14% of those in favor of the death penalty thought it was a deterrent to murder. Another 33% giving a reason for their support said the punishment should fit the crime. 7. Most Kansans want the State to take actions to improve employment conditions for persons with disabilities. Most think rehabilitation should be the focus of government action. 8. A little less than half {42%) of the respondents aid the condition of the Kansas economy was getting worse. 9. Kansas support bold, new actions in the economic development area. 10. Asked about state budget priorities, 50% said spending for education should be cut last, and 33% said prison spending should be trimmed first. 11. Education was the first priority for spending of the federal income tax windfall. Only 1.1% ranked education last. Another 29% said the windfall should be returned to the taxpayers. 12. Kansans support a ban on the burial of radioactive waste in the state. They also support increased control over the manufacture and application of chemical pesticides

PRI Annual Report 2004

The Annual Report highlights the activities and people that make PRI a multidisciplinary research center

2000 Lawrence Citizen Survey

During the fall of 2000, the Survey Research Center at the University of Kansas asked a random sample of Lawrence, Kansas, residents about their views on the quality of life and their perceptions of city services. This is the fifth Lawrence Citizen Survey: the first was completed in the fall of 1992 and focused on the police; the second was completed in the fall of 1994 and focused on trash and sanitation; the third, completed in the fall of 1996, focused on public transportation and taxes; the fourth, completed in the fall of 1998, focused on residential mobility within Lawrence and, once again, on support for a public transportation system. The current survey covers all city services and examines, in detail, citizen views on the number of unrelated persons living in a single-family residence, growth, tax abatements and traffic. Most of the questions were adapted from the National Citizen Survey, a survey written and tested by the Center for Survey Comparisons in Boulder, Colorado. The 2000 Lawrence Citizen Survey accurately reflects the public's view of city services, but one must recognize that attitudes about services can differ substantially from other measures of performance. Citizen attitudes are often based on limited experience rather than on careful assessment or routine contact; moreover, groups within the community often have divergent views. However formed and limited, citizen judgments of city services are one way of measuring government performance, and citizen satisfaction is an important dimension of the success of local government

Kansas Committee for the Humanities: Needs Assessment

This survey gathered information from Kansas humanists to assist the Kansas Committee for the Humanities' long range planning. The questions covered a range of topics: the importance, various audiences, types, and funding sources for humanities programs; the media used to present humanities programs; and the role of KCH in promoting humanities

Kansas Housing Survey

The questions posed by this survey fall into three categories. (For a full text of the questions and responses, see the Appendix.) To discover housing perceptions, there were several questions about Kansas as a place to live now and in the future. To document actual demographics and housing trends, there were several questions taken from the 1980 United States Census, such as: the nature and size of living quarters, the value of the property, the rent and the utility costs for the living unit. To assess the relationship between the types of respondents and housing conditions, there were questions about personal characteristics such as: household income, percent of income spent on housing, age, household size, length of tenancy, race, sex and county of residence.Kansas Chapter of the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (KSNAHRO) and the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services (KSSRS

Business Retention and Expansion in Garden City

A survey sample of 105 business firms in Garden City was completed to find determinants of business retention and expansion of existing industries in Garden City. These firms, drawn from sectors constituting the economic base (retail firms and service firms that were entirely local were not included), were surveyed to identify factors that influence the retention and expansion of existing industries in Garden City, to identify the potential of Garden City firms to expand within their community, to assist the establishment of local retention and expansion efforts, and to distinguish local issues that influence retention and expansion