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

a group situation for one to one interviews

there were

some general procedures which were followed in administering

the

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instruments.

The interviewer would typically begin by introducing

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himself stating whom he represented, the purpose of the inter-

view, a~d why the study was being conducted.

In no case was

an interview refused.

Inquiries were then made as to how

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familiar the interviewee was with the proposed projects; in

many cases, a brief description of each alternative was pro-

vided. A map was carried which showed where the flood pools

would be.

Subjects were asked what difference'they thought

each condition would make to their community and in their

lives; generally interviewees identified anywhere from 2 to 7

or 8 issues which they thought were important, and each of

these in turn was pursued in terms of the different aspects

of the issues involved.

For example, if a subject cited 3 or 4

issues, for each issue the interviewer wculd ask the interviewee

to describe the issue as he saw it.

Depending on how detailed

an answer was provided, the interviewee was then questioned on

various details (e.g., who would be affected the most, in

what way) so that impact assessment could be handled later in

terms of who was affected, how, to what extent and so forth.

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It should be remembered that the same strategy was used

whether the respondent was being interviewed to obtain informa-

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tion on attitudes he personally had toward the project alterna-

tives, or if the interview was with an expert informant (e.g.,

a local banker. welfare director. newspaper editor) so that the

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