Data Analysis

Attitudes about Influences in Decision Making

This section presents results of analysis pertaining to attitudes about influence in urban forests and urban natural resource decision making. The following questions were presented to respondents:

We would like to learn more about your beliefs about urban forests and natural resource management in general.

Directions: Please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements, by circling one number on the scale from +3 (Strongly agree) to -3 (Strongly disagree).

The following figures display the results for the entire sample, comparisons between females and males, homeowners and renters, and across the three city areas for attitudes about who has influence in natural resource decision making. The order (highest to lowest) in which the information sources appear is based upon the average of the scores across the groups for each problem item.

The following tables show the statistical comparisons between groups. These tables show where statistically significant differences occur, and whether those differences could be considered minimal, typical, or substantial.