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Old 02-18-2012, 03:29 PM
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I am somewhat surprised that you didn't know that there were three versions. Dr. Peterson specifically addressed that subject at her lecture on 2/7 at Savannah. As I understood it, only pages 6 and 7 were different; pages 1-5 were supposedly standard.

Having elsewhere urged everyone to complete the survey, and not straying from my position in that regard, I must also admit that I was somewhat disappointed in certain aspects of the actual survey.

However, experience reminds me that designing a survey to be completed by as many as 87,000 people in such a way that all the respondents will be happy, or that the designers will actually be happy with the results they glean, is not only next to impossible but also probably impossible!

I will once again urge everyone to complete the survey as sent to you. I am persuaded that there will be a follow-on survey before the year is out aimed at addressing some of the "faults" in this first survey!

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