Working Toward a Real Watershed Approach in Rhode Island

This website is currently in draft form and under development. (as of May 10, 2001)

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Survey Results
Knowledge: Marking "Don't Know" or leaving blank

Which topics were specifically marked "Don't Know" as opposed to being left blank or prioritized? This list of topics will give us a clue as to what may not be salient and what there is confusion about. Further outreach efforts and education campaigns will need to know what to target as both important and confusing to the watershed community.

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1. Environmental Equity, Drinking Water, and Growth Planning are top 3
2. Growth Planning maintains high ranking in aggregate despite being marked Don't Know often
3. Respondents are more likely to mark Don't Know than leave blank (except for Biodiversity)
4. No correlation between marking "Don't Know" and requesting more information
5. Information requested for higher ranking topics rather than confusing topics

(N=60)

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