summary of spc survey - cpaess · report info report date: monday, july 27, 2009 2:21:00 pm mdt...

Summary of SPC Survey

Table of contentsReport info............................................................................................................................................................................................1

Question 3: What is your primary professional activity or interest as it relates to storm prediction? (Select .....................................2

Question 4: What source(s) do you prefer to use in acquiring storm prediction information? (Select all that ap................................2

Question 5: How would you rate your understanding of storm prediction and its potential impacts on your area o...........................3

Question 6: SPC personnel have an adequate understanding of my organization’s needs...............................................................4

Question 7: The SPC’s mission is known by my organization............................................................................................................5

Question 8: The SPC has effective mechanisms for requesting input from external stakeholders.....................................................6

Question 9: The SPC responds to questions and problems...............................................................................................................7

Question 10: SPC personnel behave in a professional manner..........................................................................................................8

Question 11: The SPC effectively communicates information about changes to existing products and services...............................9

Question 12: The SPC is responsive to suggestions for improving products and services or developing new ones.......................10

Question 13: SPC products and services are appropriate to their mission.......................................................................................11

Question 14: SPC products and services are readily accessible in a timely fashion........................................................................12

Question 15: SPC products and services exhibit consistency in quality day-to-day and/or shift-to-shift..........................................13

Question 16: Existing SPC products and services are improved at roughly the appropriate pace...................................................14

Question 17: SPC products and services represent state-of-the-art capability.................................................................................15

Question 18: Without SPC’s products and services, my organization would lose significant capability...........................................16

Question 19: SPC products are presented in a manner that are useful to people who are only interested in the fo........................17

Question 20: Please indicate the relative importance to you of each SPC product listed below. (If you do not us...........................18

Main cell group...............................................................................................................................................................................18

Question 21: Please indicate the relative usefulness to you of each SPC product listed below. (If you do not us...........................20

Main cell group...............................................................................................................................................................................20

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Report infoReport date: Monday, July 27, 2009 2:21:00 PM MDT

Start date: Wednesday, July 1, 2009 1:30:00 PM MDT

Stop date: Monday, August 31, 2009 7:30:00 PM MDT

Stored responses: 155

Number of completed responses: 90

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Question 3What is your primary professional activity or interest as it relates to storm prediction? (Select one)

Question 4What source(s) do you prefer to use in acquiring storm prediction information? (Select all that apply)

Frequency table

ChoicesAbsoluteFrequency

Relativefrequency

Adjustedrelativefrequency

Weather forecaster 63 40.6% 56.2%

Research 10 6.5% 8.9%

Media 8 5.2% 7.1%

Hobby/personal interest 14 9% 12.5%

Other (specify) 17 11% 15.2%

Not answered: 43 0% -

Sum: 155 100% 100%

Total answered: 112

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Question 5How would you rate your understanding of storm prediction and its potential impacts on your area of interest?

Frequency table


Relativefrequency


NOAA/SPC 112 64% 99.1%

FAA 3 1.7% 2.7%

Other government agency besides SPC or FAA 19 10.9% 16.8%

Private vendor 17 9.7% 15%

Educational facilities 16 9.1% 14.2%

Foreign source 1 0.6% 0.9%

Other (specify) 7 4% 6.2%

Sum: 175 100% 100%

Total answered: 113

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Question 6SPC personnel have an adequate understanding of my organization’s needs.

Frequency table

ItemsAbsoluteFrequency

Relativefrequency


Excellent 90 58.1% 81.1%

Good 19 12.3% 17.1%

Satisfactory 2 1.3% 1.8%


Sum: 155 100% 100%

Total answered: 111

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Question 7The SPC’s mission is known by my organization.

Frequency table


Relativefrequency


strongly agree 53 34.2% 52%

agree somewhat 30 19.4% 29.4%

neutral 4 2.6% 3.9%

disagree somewhat 4 2.6% 3.9%

strongly disagree 1 0.6% 1%

no basis for judgment 10 6.5% 9.8%


Sum: 155 100% 100%

Total answered: 102

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Question 8The SPC has effective mechanisms for requesting input from external stakeholders.

Frequency table


Relativefrequency


strongly agree 61 39.4% 59.8%


neutral 7 4.5% 6.9%

disagree somewhat 1 0.6% 1%




Sum: 155 100% 100%

Total answered: 102

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Question 9The SPC responds to questions and problems.

Frequency table


Relativefrequency




neutral 27 17.4% 26.7%





Sum: 155 100% 100%

Total answered: 101

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Question 10SPC personnel behave in a professional manner.

Frequency table


Relativefrequency




neutral 15 9.7% 14.9%





Sum: 155 100% 100%

Total answered: 101

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Question 11The SPC effectively communicates information about changes to existing products and services.

Frequency table


Relativefrequency




neutral 5 3.2% 5.1%


no basis for judgment 14 9% 14.1%


Sum: 155 100% 100%

Total answered: 99

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Question 12The SPC is responsive to suggestions for improving products and services or developing new ones.

Frequency table


Relativefrequency


strongly agree 45 29% 44.6%


neutral 10 6.5% 9.9%


no basis for judgment 5 3.2% 5%


Sum: 155 100% 100%

Total answered: 101

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Question 13SPC products and services are appropriate to their mission.

Frequency table


Relativefrequency




neutral 16 10.3% 15.8%





Sum: 155 100% 100%

Total answered: 101

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Question 14SPC products and services are readily accessible in a timely fashion.

Frequency table


Relativefrequency




neutral 3 1.9% 3.1%





Sum: 155 100% 100%

Total answered: 96

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Question 15SPC products and services exhibit consistency in quality day-to-day and/or shift-to-shift.

Frequency table


Relativefrequency




neutral 2 1.3% 2.1%




Sum: 155 100% 100%

Total answered: 96

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Question 16Existing SPC products and services are improved at roughly the appropriate pace.

Frequency table


Relativefrequency




neutral 4 2.6% 4.2%





Sum: 155 100% 100%

Total answered: 96

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Question 17SPC products and services represent state-of-the-art capability.

Frequency table


Relativefrequency


strongly agree 31 20% 32%


neutral 13 8.4% 13.4%





Sum: 155 100% 100%

Total answered: 97

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Question 18Without SPC’s products and services, my organization would lose significant capability.

Frequency table


Relativefrequency



agree somewhat 31 20% 32%

neutral 11 7.1% 11.3%


strongly disagree 2 1.3% 2.1%



Sum: 155 100% 100%

Total answered: 97

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Question 19SPC products are presented in a manner that are useful to people who are only interested in the forecast as well as those who are

interested in the meteorological reasoning behind the forecast.

Frequency table


Relativefrequency




neutral 12 7.7% 12.6%


strongly disagree 2 1.3% 2.1%



Sum: 155 100% 100%

Total answered: 95

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Question 20Please indicate the relative importance to you of each SPC product listed below. (If you do not use a product, you do not need to

make a selection or you may select N/A for Not Applicable.)

Main cell group

Frequency table


Relativefrequency


strongly agree 47 30.3% 50%


neutral 5 3.2% 5.3%




Sum: 155 100% 100%

Total answered: 94

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Veryimportant

Somewhatimportant

Notimportant N/A Sum

Weatherwatches

8385.6%

1212.4%

11%

11%

97100%

Mesoscalediscussions

8387.4%

1010.5%

00%

22.1%

95100%

Convectiveoutlooks

8086%

1111.8%

00%

22.2%

93100%

Fire weatheroutlooks

1920%

3738.9%

3031.6%

99.5%

95100%

Local stormreports

5960.8%

2929.9%

55.2%

44.1%

97100%

Past stormreports

4547.4%

4345.3%

44.2%

33.2%

95100%

Tornado-relatedfatality

information

3335.5%

4447.3%

1111.8%

55.4%

93100%

Tornadotrends,annual

maps, rawdata

4345.3%

4345.3%

55.3%

44.2%

95100%

Online“Severe

Plot”

4548.4%

3436.6%

66.5%

88.6%

93100%

Severethunderstor

m eventsarchive

5153.7%

3536.8%

66.3%

33.2%

95100%

Experimental enhancedthunderstorm graphic

3739.4%

4143.6%

1010.6%

66.4%

94100%

Experimental

thunderstorm outlook

3941.1%

4143.2%

1111.6%

44.2%

95100%

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Question 21Please indicate the relative usefulness to you of each SPC product listed below. (If you do not use a product, you do not need to

make a selection or you may select N/A for Not Applicable.)

Main cell group

Upper airmaps

5053.8%

3335.5%

44.3%

66.5%

93100%

Observedsoundinganalysis

6164.9%

2829.8%

11.1%

44.3%

94100%

Mesoanalysis

7984.9%

1010.8%

00%

44.3%

93100%

Educationand

outreachmaterials

3739.4%

4143.6%

88.5%

88.5%

94100%

Sum 844-

492-

102-

73-

1511-

*Sequence of numbers in a cell

Absolute Frequency

Relative frequency row

Very useful Generallyuseful

Not at alluseful N/A Sum

Weatherwatches

7579.8%

1718.1%

11.1%

11.1%

94100%

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Mesoscalediscussions

7279.1%

1617.6%

00%

33.3%

91100%

Convectiveoutlooks

7279.1%

1617.6%

11.1%

22.2%

91100%

Fire weatheroutlooks

1718.5%

3538%

2426.1%

1617.4%

92100%

Local stormreports

5558.5%

3335.1%

44.3%

22.1%

94100%

Past stormreports

4145.1%

3942.9%

99.9%

22.2%

91100%

Tornado-relatedfatality

information

2729.3%

4953.3%

99.8%

77.6%

92100%

Tornadotrends,annual

maps, rawdata

3437%

4953.3%

33.3%

66.5%

92100%

Online“Severe

Plot”

4146.1%

3741.6%

55.6%

66.7%

89100%

Severethunderstor

m eventsarchive

5156%

3134.1%

44.4%

55.5%

91100%

Experimental enhancedthunderstorm graphic

3134.4%

4044.4%

1011.1%

910%

90100%

Experimental

thunderstorm outlook

3234.8%

4346.7%

99.8%

88.7%

92100%

Upper airmaps

4650.5%

3740.7%

22.2%

66.6%

91100%

Observedsoundinganalysis

5863.7%

2729.7%

11.1%

55.5%

91100%

Mesoanalysis

7583.3%

1112.2%

00%

44.4%

90100%

Educationand

outreachmaterials

3336.3%

4347.3%

77.7%

88.8%

91100%

Sum 760-

523-

89-

90-

1462-

*Sequence of numbers in a cell

Absolute Frequency

Relative frequency row

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