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PHASE A: IDENTIFICATION
OF SIX PRIORITY INITIATIVES
For Survey 2, analyses explored the revised prioritization and ranking
of the top ten Suggested Actions and the perceived level of agreement
and support with the implementation of the
six highest ranked Suggested Actions from Survey 1.
For Survey 2, analyses explored the revised prioritization and
ranking of the top ten Suggested Actions and the perceived level
of agreement and support with the implementation of the six
highest ranked Suggested Actions from Survey 1.
A similar mathematical formula to that used for the analysis
of Survey 1 Suggested Action rankings was employed for the
corresponding analysis in Survey 2. While Survey 1 offered
respondents the option of prioritizing six items and subsequently
ranking them from most important to least important, Survey
2 provided respondents with the opportunity to perform the
same prioritization and ranking procedures, but on the list of
WS j =
ten Suggested Actions that remained from Survey 1. In order to
capture these changes, it was necessary that the mathematical
formula be slightly varied. Formula E.2 below outlines the
structure of the equation used for these analyses of Survey 2,
which produce a weighted score (WS) for each Suggested Action.
Lastly, Survey 1 respondents were asked to describe what
specific steps could be taken to implement each of the
Suggested Actions. These open-ended comments were collated
and categorized.
[(A j r1*10)+(A j r2*9)+ (A j r3*8)+ (A j r4*7)+ (A j r5*6)+ (A j r6*5)+ (A j r7*4)+ (A j r8*3)+ (A j r9*3)+ (A j r10*1)]*(A j /n)
Where WS is the weighted score for the jth Suggested Action (e.g. Suggested Action 1), Aj is the total number of respondents put-
ting the jth Suggested Action in their top 6 (e.g. total number of respondents choosing Suggested Action 1 in their top 6), Ajr# is the
total number of respondents choosing the jth Suggested Action that ranked the Suggested Action as # (e.g. total number of respon-
dents choosing Suggested Action 1 and ranking it as ‘1’), and n is the total number of respondents who completed the question.
Formula E.2 Formula for determining weighted rank score for Suggested Actions in Survey 2
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