Date of Award
1982
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Abstract
This study was designed to implement and evaluate an administrative model for conducting a community education needs assessment because a proven procedure for such an assessment had not been available to educational planners. Implementation was based upon an administrative model which involved a needs assessment committee and the services of a technical advisor. Included in the model were procedures for a preliminary agency survey phase and a survey of citizen opinion. The citizen survey represented 440 households and was conducted by 49 volunteer interviewers who were trained to give an 108-item questionnaire employing telephone survey methods. Results were reported in a Working Report designed for use by lay planning groups at nine community education centers in Monroe County, Florida. Evaluation of the model occurred in the following areas: (1) Hypothesis One explored survey results through examination of sample size, the sampling frame, length of interview, respondents' cooperation and understanding, sample subpopulations, the Working Report of Survey Results, the family size statistic and the statistical significance of rank ordered variables which resulted from the survey. (2) Hypothesis Two studied project expense through investigation of personnel costs and material expenditures required by the project. (3) Hypothesis Three researched project impact upon ongoing programs through examination of the Needs Assessment Committee members' ratings on a specific item on a ten item questionnaire pertaining to administrative concerns. (4) Hypothesis Four explored the usefulness of the ten item administrative questionnaire as an evaluative tool by studying rater reliability and main effects of four repeated measures of the instrument. The four hypotheses together represented an omnibus exploration of the effectiveness of the administrative model which was designed and implemented as the Monroe County community education needs assessment survey.
Extent
242 p.
Recommended Citation
LAAKSO, LEONARD HENRY, "DESIGN, IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE MODEL FOR CONDUCTING A COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY EDUCATION NEEDS ASSESSMENT SURVEY" (1982). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1980 - 1989. 156.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_3/156
Identifier
FADT11803
Comments
Thesis (Educat.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1982.|Pages 55 and 56 are missing|College of Education|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (Educat.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1982.