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<br />\)3'2,Cl <br /> <br />1.3 Methodology <br /> <br />The major resources available to the development of <br /> <br />an empirical social assessment are found in the theoretical, <br /> <br />methodological, and procedural experience available from <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />the relevant social sciences -- including socio.logy, psychology, <br /> <br />social psychology, political science, anthropology. and econo- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />mics. <br /> <br />Much of this information is organized under the label <br /> <br />of "experimental design." Experimental Design is fundamentally <br /> <br />concerned with how one conducts research in, such a manner as <br /> <br />to answer a series of predetermined questions (or alternative- <br /> <br />ly to determine just what those questions ought to be). A <br /> <br />series of research questions were taken into account in the <br /> <br />conduct of this assessment. These included: <br /> <br />Identification of the Independent, Dependent and <br />Mediating Variables <br /> <br />Specification of the Geographic Areas to be Included <br />in Impact Analyses <br /> <br />Definition of the Status of "Present" vs. "Future" <br />Conditions <br /> <br />Selection of Topics of Social Impact for Study <br /> <br />Development of Primary and Secondary Data Specification <br /> <br />Utilization of Sociometric and Anthropological Research <br />Strategies <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />Specification of Samples for the Study <br /> <br />Development of P~ocedures for Interviewing and <br />Organizing Data <br /> <br />Utilization of Modular Analysis of Data by Type <br />of Impact <br /> <br />Development of Across Area Analysis of Data <br /> <br />18 <br />