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Chapter 5
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
Summary
The number of participants (:raters) that responded to the study
was better than anticipated. The total percentage of responses was 74.5.
Two hundred responses were sought for the study and 149 were obtained.
The number of potential participants was 6,460.
The participants in the study were selected with the following
formula. The total number of responses desired was two hundred. Two
hundred was
multiplied by the percentage assigned to each population.
That answer was the number of responses needed for that particular sample.
To find the number used in the selection process, the number of
potential raters was divided by the number
of raters needed for the
study.
That number became the number used to select each name used in
the study.
The
following is a brief summary of the selection process and
responses received for each group.
Voters of the 1972.f'IIonroe County general election. There were 4,246
registered voters in the 1972 g.eneral election.
The sample was assigned
20 percent and forty responses were sought. Everyone hundred sixth name
was selected from the 1 books. Twenty-four responded from the mailing.
This was a 60 percent response.
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