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Download full textCarter, Keith A.; And Others – 1978
A research project in nine Iowa counties attempted to show local level decision makers how to use social indicator data to improve quality of life and increase accountability in policy making. Tools presented were descriptive social reporting (a mechanism for organizing descriptive, time series, social indicator data) and systematic needs…
Descriptors: Accountability, Attitudes, Community Leaders, Decision Making
Carter, Keith A.; And Others – 1977
Project 2142 was a multi-phase effort to discover and mobilize for dissemination to rural decision-makers various information and findings pertaining to the quality of life experienced by rural people. The initial research phases involved design of a conceptual framework that placed some parameters on the variety of social phenomena studied.…
Descriptors: County Programs, Decision Making, Delivery Systems, Education
Marshall, Chris; And Others – 1977
Since the burden of improving quality of life is often squarely placed on the shoulders of public decision makers, this report (one of the products of Project 2142) provides a basis for assisting county-level decision makers in the planning process. Statistics that "indicate" the social well being or quality of life experienced by people…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Communications, Decision Making, Economic Factors
