Developing a Community Attitude Assessment Scale |
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| Authors: | FITZSIMMONS, STEPHEN J. FERB, THOMAS E. |
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| Affiliation: | Abt Associates Inc. of Cambridge MassachusettsThe research reported here was supported by the National Institute of Education, Washington, D.C., under Contract No. OEC-O-72-5245 with the Experimental Schools program. The comments in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views or policies of the sponsoring agency. The authors wish to express their appreciation to: Terry Clark, John Delaplaine, Charles Loomis, Irwin Sanders, and Roland Warren for their valuable substantive suggestions; to Don Muse for his assistance throughout the conduct of the survey and in review of the findings; Robert Herriott, Robert Cunningham, and Norman Gold for their support throughout this project; and Peter Desmond, who assisted in the preparation of this article |
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The Community Attitude Assessment Scale (CAAS) measures citizens'attitudes toward 15 community Life Areas (e.g., Education, Employment,and Health) on four dimensions—Importance, Influence,Equality of Opportunity, and Satisfaction. Residents generallyrate these Life Areas high on Importance and Equality of Opportunity,but feel only limited Satisfaction with them and perceive themselvesas having fairly low Influence on their operations. The scaleis discussed as an instrument, and in terms of community theory,attitude theory and research, and public policy applications |
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