December 04, 2019
Changes to the Survey of Irrigation Organizations questionnaire
Following some cognitive testing of the questionnaire for the new Survey Irrigation Organizations several minor changes needed to be made to the questionnaire.
Additions
On page 2, some text was added to help clarify who should complete the questionnaire and who should be screened out.
On 6 of the questions that had multiple choice answers the category of “other, specify” was added.
On 9 of the questions that had YES/NO answers, the third option of “Not Applicable” was added.
On page 10, in question 2, the extra cell code box was added to allow the respondent to provide the number of accounts they are servicing rather than the number of farms or ranches.
On page 12, in question 1, an additional option was added to allow the respondent to report an “unknown trend in water supply”.
On page 17, in question 1, the text was expanded to clarify that the respondent will be reporting the total expenses and then breaking them out into the subsequent categories.
Removals
On page 13, in Section 5 – Drought Planning and Response, the column for the Irrigation Organizations to report data for the “Usefulness to Farm and Ranch Irrigation Decisions” was removed. The respondents we tested with said that they would not be able to answer this question.
On page 14, in Section 6 – Water Conservation and Environmental Concerns, question 3 was removed. It asked “What percentage of irrigated acres in your service area received financial assistance from water conservation programs in 2019 to improve irrigation technology?” The respondents we tested with said that they would not be able to answer this question.
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| Author | Hancock, David - NASS |
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