WSP01521

• File Number: 8443.400
• Description: Narrows Unit Reports
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 6/15/1974
• Author: US DOL BOR
• Title: Draft Social Assessment of the Proposed Narrows Unit and Alternatives Thereto
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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To summarize at this point, we have identified a range

of areas for which data would be gathered, indicated that
secondary data would be used as an important part of the re-

search design, indicated that various primary data would also

be required, and brought this together under the framework

of a partially sociometric and partially ethnographic orien-

tation. The question of samples for data can now be addressed.

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1.3.7 The Sample for the Stu~

Perhaps the most challenging question to be dealt with

ln this type of research is just what the most appropriate

sampling approaches are. Three types of data were involved.

First, secondary data for many areas were gathered. Here the

sampling question was fairly straightforward. Out of the
thousands of possible items which could be included, which
data should be included? The decision was to include data
most appropriate to the topic in question (e.g., employment
statistics by occupation grouping were considered important
as base data for the employment sector, and while many other
statistics could have been included they would in many cases
not add that much directly relevant and high priority infor-
mation) .
The second sampling question has to do with the selection
of expert informants. These are persons who have important

knowledge about the present conditions and trends in the commu-

nity and ideas regarding the likely impacts of project alter-

natives by virtue of their specialized knowledge about a specific

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