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16 Great Neck Road North <br />Mashpee, Massachusetts o2649 <br />don't want to give people that feeling and ask them to choose. Ask a distinct question with range of <br />options to pick from like very supported, not supported, etc. Gauge their support and interest in specific <br />topics. Cover questions by categories like housing and ask four or five questions then look at natural <br />resources and ask another 3-5 general questions. Level of support is a way to gauge people's <br />appreciation for what the town currently has or not. Don't get too detailed with the idea being if we get <br />general support for recreation facilities then we will work with the community to form goals and actions <br />around recreational facilities. We are looking for a general idea of support for those activities and be <br />able to form specific goals and actions along with existing conditions which draws out what the town <br />has and doesn't have. Talk about what the town supports and what it doesn't support to ensure the <br />actions formulated are in line. <br />Ms. Waygan is looking forward to the draft for next meeting. She would also like a copy of the <br />PowerPoint presentation for the packet next time. She asked if Ms. Sweet could provide the <br />documentation the Friday prior to the Wednesday meeting. She is also looking for the April data from <br />the workshop in electronic form, data in chart form, maybe an excel copy. <br />Mr. Hansen stated most surveys he has taken have a demographic section. That is important to <br />capture when taking a survey. Do they ever weigh the demographic input through a survey? Half the <br />survey is done by retirees while the other half are divided among other groups. Is there any kind of <br />wading factor is assessing that? <br />Ms. Sweet commented there is demographic information at the beginning but it is general. Keep in <br />mind, they are not statistically significant with no in depth analysis, it is used to understand the people <br />who are answering, but in this situation we don't want to weigh one population's answers over another. <br />It's just useful to see who you are hearing from. They do not take more value in a particular answer <br />because of a certain age group or income group. They don't even ask income questions. Some <br />examples would be, are you a year round or seasonal resident? How long have you lived here? What <br />age group are you in? They also don't want to turn people off by asking too personal of questions which <br />will then lead to not contributing. <br />Ms. Waygan noted that in the survey she is currently working on the demographic is at the end. If they <br />don't want to fill it out they aren't turned off right away. <br />Ms. Sweet continued that it can be done as an online tool as well as paper copies. We do it in a way <br />where some questions are optional and some are required. Demographic is optional and if it doesn't get <br />answered the survey results are still valid. It is not the driving force with the information we are looking <br />for. They are anonymous, there is no value in having people supply a name or email. People are more <br />comfortable with answering anonymously. <br />Mr. Balzarini would like to incentivize the survey. <br />17 <br />