1. Designing a Survey

2. PAF101 PAF 101 “ Did you ever see an unhappy horse? Did you ever see a bird that has the blues? One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses.” Dale Carnegie Module 2, Lecture 4

3. Chapter 3 Exercises Take out your copy of the exercises and follow along

4. Finding and Serving Clients  Must be a Player  Look at Triangle Players Public Policy Societal Problems

5. Client for Survey Exercise 3.1 You will need to contact a specific player who influences policy on your societal problem What the client might want to find out? What would the client do with the information?

6. The Chancellor Wants to Know about Do-Do on the QUAD CENSORED

7. Key Concepts of Sampling Target Population: The total specifically defined set of people about whom you want to gather information. Sampling Frame: A subset of the population to be surveyed Sample—those who respond Random: Each member of the target population has an equal chance of being in the sample

8. Review Ex. 3.1 Look at your printout as I quickly review this exercise.

9. Methods of Contact Phone Face-to-Face Mail

10. Is Your Sample Good? NumberPercentageNumberPercentage Lower Division Students 180053%18354% Upper Division Students 160047%15546% Total 3400100%338100% Target Population Sample

11. Review Ex. 3.2 Look through the exercise as I comment

12. Estimating Sample Size Required contacts = Desired sample size Expected response rate For example, if you desire a sample size of 250, and you expect a response rate of 40%, the following formula shows that you would need to contact 625 individuals: 625 = 250.40 Public Policy Skills pg. 37-38

13. Explaining Confidence Interval Sample Size 95% Confidence Interval 30+/- 18 50+/- 14 70+/- 12 90+/- 10 140+/- 8 200+/- 7 350+/- 5 700+/- 4 1000+/- 3 2500+/- 2 Public Policy Skills pg. 30

14. Review Exercise 3.3 Here Look through the printed exercise as I comment

15. Types of Questions Openvs.Closed