PPA 401 FAU The Composition of Your Household and Their Job Status Worksheet

Question: The City of Summerville wants to develop a community park to enhance leisure and recreation experience for its residents. To better understand the needs and characteristics of its residents for an informed policy decision, the City of Summerville has hired you as a policy analyst.

Based on the information below in part a, the City is asking you to design a survey, and based on parts b and c, the City is seeking your recommendation for an informed decision making in developing the community park for its residents. (total 15 points, each part worth 5 points).

Part a. Design a short survey (include min 5 and max 10 questions) for the City of Summerville community park project. Provide at least 5 criteria which you will consider for the survey to be technically correct? Limit your answer in max 2 pages excluding references if any.

Part b. The following data have been collected by the City of Summerville. Taking the base year as 1960, project the population for the year 2030, 2040, and 2050, and briefly explain (in 3-4 sentences) the benefits and limitations of population projection to the City of Summerville in this case. Show the complete calculations for this part. There is no page limit for this part.

Table 1

2020 55,468

Part c. The following data is collected by the City of Summerville on the resident’s number of visits per year in a park in the past 15 years. What all statistical measures can you calculate with this kind of data? Which statistical measures will you suggest the City to use and why? Show all the steps/calculations for all the measures. There is no page Limit for this part.

Table 2

1826 2020