Town of Cary 2010 Biennial Survey Focus Group Report

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In January/February 2010, the Cary Biennial Citizen Survey was conducted examining numerous issues relating to the overall citizen satisfaction with the functioning and operation of Cary as well as current issues related to the Town. The results of this survey were followed-up by two focus groups conducted by BKL Research that examined specific issues from the survey in order to gather more detailed insight. Respondents to the citizen survey were asked if they would be willing to participate in a focus group session (44% of the sample agreed to participate) and this was the pool from which the participants were selected. The composition of the groups was controlled in respect to two factors, age and gender. Participants were selected so that there was a balance of both age and gender in each session. All the participants owned homes. A total of 6 participants were in the first session and 7 in the second session. Appendix A has the roster of participants for both sessions including their age groups and Appendix B contains the seating charts. The participants were compensated for their involvement.

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