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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1.3.11 Aggreg~ting_~he Find~~~~

The process of comparing the direction and magnitude

of the ratings is an important exercis~ in integrating the

findings, but is not, in and o{itself, suffi~ient for a

social assessment.

This is true for two reasons.

In the

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first place, the ratings are fundamentally based upon judgments

of the researchers and are expressed in relative terms (to

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the geographic areas in question).

Second, and perhaps more

important, these are not expressed in terms of social behaviors

per se, but rather as ratings of direction and extent of change.

It is still necessary to achieve an aggregation based upon the

important social impacts themselves.

The concerns of Quality of Life, Social Well Being, and

Relative Social Relationships, as set forth in Section 1.2, were

the key organizing Constructs for the aggregation process.

Each

of these concerns has a reasonably clear operational definition.

That is, for each construct there is a defined population:

Quality of Life = Individuals, Families

Social Well Being = Institutions' and Communities

Relative Social Relationships = Groups in.Comparison
with One Another.

Moreover, each of the constructs has various specific topical

concerns. With the population focus and the topical definitions,

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all 23 of the sections were carefully reviewed to bring out the

impacts, for the various ge'ographic areAs, under the three con-

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ditions, as relevant to the section.

The results of these aggre-

gate analyses are the subject of Section Five of this Assessment.

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