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Comprehensive Review of CSLI Service Learning Project Fall 2012

A detailed analysis and evaluation of the CSLI service learning project process, findings, and hypotheses. Review of questionnaire issues, public receptivity, and economic conditions. Evaluation of county direction, economic indicators, and state issues. Development of hypotheses for attitude and demographic characteristics in political contexts.

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Comprehensive Review of CSLI Service Learning Project Fall 2012

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

  2. 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

  3. 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?

  4. 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

  5. County: Right or Wrong Direction? Spring ‘99 to Spring ‘13

  6. Right/Wrong Direction – Individual by County, State, Nation

  7. Most Important Problem: Fall 2006 to Spring 2013 Economy continues drop as problem in March 2013

  8. Economic Conditions: County vs. Maryland and USA

  9. Cost of living indicators

  10. Other economic indicators

  11. Economic Conditions over the next 12 Months

  12. Retirement Planning/Age

  13. County Executive: Top Priority

  14. Method of Emergency Communications: Favor, Works Best

  15. State and Local Issues

  16. State and Local Issues: By Party

  17. Presidential job approvalFall 2007 to Spring 2013

  18. Presidential Job Approval by Party RegistrationFall 2009 to Spring 2013

  19. Obama’s Top Priority

  20. Trust in Political Parties

  21. Exercise: Develop Hypotheses • Identify a dependent variable – attitude, preference • Identify an independent variable – a social/demographic characteristic • Specify a likely relationship between the two based on a “theory” or hunch • you have about people and attitudes

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