C-mac Survey
Matilda Equiluz
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Given the popularity and supposed usefulness of my previous two surveys of the Pacific Crest Trail classes of 2013 and 2014, I have conducted my survey for the third year in a row (I guess this is actually an annual thing now).
I had 193 completed surveys (90 more than last year), and most hikers provided usable data on their hikes (to those of you who took the time to fill out the survey accurately, I offer my sincerest thanks).
SOUTHBOUND DATA: I only received responses from nine southbound thru-hikers. Four additional section hiking southbounders also responded, but their responses are not included in the SOBO-0 and SOBO-1 groups.
From the above data, we can see that earlier is better. Northbound finishers began an average of four days sooner than the average, and southbound finishers began an average of twelve days sooner than the total SOBO group.
I also asked everyone to list everywhere they resupplied over the course of the trail. I have used the following colors to indicate the popularity of each stop: In geographical order, starting at Mexico, here are the most popular resupply stops (aka everywhere at least 70% of respondents said they paid a visit to): OVER 66%, 33-66%, LESS THAN 33%.
*I accidentally omitted Belden from the list of places to resupply in Northern California. However, Belden is on the PCT and was recommended by survey takers as a place to send a resupply in lieu of purchasing there.
The question of water treatment and hygiene is something that people worry a lot about before hitting the trail (and is typically something you find yourself worrying less about as the trail wears on).
I spent a lot of hours putting this together and would appreciate any feedback, comments, questions, appraisals of my chances at turning statistician, or whatever else you can think of. Please leave a comment or get in touch to let me know what you think!
The favorite piece of gear was the sleeping bag. But the piece of gear most people would upgrade is also the sleeping bag. I guess people were either good, or too cold? Maybe you could get some more data on that. Not sure how though: Price of sleeping bag? Temp rating? Both not very accurate, but I dont have a better idea right now.
Asking for favorite trail towns might be helpful for deciding where to spend a zero for trail exits close to multiple towns. I.e. From Kearsarge Pass you can go to Independence, Lone Pine, or Bishop.
Amazing work. Hugely informative and fun to read having done the thru-hike this year. It looks like the Sierra might have a lot of snow this winter, so it will be interesting to how these answers change in 2016. If you need any help with data viz/analysis stuff dm me @glynn. Thanks again!
Questions for 2016: Did you keep a blog? Did you keep it up to date the whole way?
A few of my favorite trail journals cut out half way or even before then, even though they continued to hike on. It would be interesting to see how long people generally keep up with it.
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Background: A lack of robust data about the oral health of people with intellectual disabilities (IDs) contributes to health disparities. Appropriate research tools are therefore needed. This study reports the construction and evaluation of the Oral Status Survey Tool (OSST), designed to be administered with people with disabilities by non-dental personnel.
Method: Oral Status Survey Tool construction and evaluation was achieved adopting a non-clinical construction and content validation phase and a clinical phase to test concurrent validity, reliability and feasibility. Final refinements were also made.
Results: The OSST conceptual framework covered oral function (tooth count, denture wear and opposing pairs of teeth) and oral disease/treatment need (soft tissue status, oral cleanliness, gum condition, carious teeth and oral pain). A systematic literature review identified no existing suitable indices. Candidate items were identified and validated by experts generating content validation ratios. This framework was modified later to expand the function construct. In the initial clinical phase, 49 out of 60 participants underwent examination with OSST and standard dental assessments. All had mild to moderate IDs. Mean age was 43 years (SD = 16), and mean number of teeth was 22.1 (SD = 8.6). Data collectors included two dentists and three non-dentists. Later, a further 17 adults (nine female and eight male) with mild/moderate IDs were included for refinement. At this stage, data collectors included two dentists and five non-dentists. Concurrent validity was established for tooth count [intraclass correlation coefficient = 0.99 (95% confidence interval, CI: 0.99-0.99)], carious teeth [Gwet's AC2 = 0.94 (95% CI: 0.89-0.99)] and gum condition [Gwet's AC1 = 0.84 (95% CI: 0.64-1)]. For all final OSST items, inter-rater reliability ranged from moderate to very good; median test-retest reliability ranged from moderate to good. Acceptability was demonstrated for data collectors and participants. Mean time to complete the OSST was 7 min.
Conclusions: The OSST is a novel tool that can record a range of clinical oral features including tooth count, denture wear, occluding pairs of teeth and functional dentition, oral cleanliness, gum condition, carious cavitation and oral pain that will be useful within health surveys of people with mild-moderate IDs and similarly neglected populations. The tool demonstrates promising attributes and acceptability. From this study, the OSST appears to be a robust tool that can be incorporated into general data collection for people with mild-moderate IDs and similar populations. A key feature is that it can be administered by well-trained non-dentists.
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During the summer of 2002 the Management Advisory Council surveyed the state managers on a variety of topics. The results of the survey were discussed with the Deputy Commissioner of DAS and the Deputy Secretary of OPM. Based on these discussions, it was determined that several topics needed further investigation and study. One of those topics, undertaken by MAC, was to evaluate and formulate a recommendation for improving the way that PARS is used to distribute raises and bonuses. That was the purpose of the PARS survey of 2003.
There were over two hundred responses to the survey of 2003. The return rate is very high considering that the managers, as a group, are still coping with the effects of layoffs and early retirements. The 200 responses represent an adequate sample to establish statistical significance.
In cooperation with Grant Thornton LLP, CMAC publishes two annual Compensation Reports for General Managers and Food & Beverage/Clubhouse Managers in the private club management industry. Each report is compiled with data provided by our members, and members who participate in the survey receive a complimentary copy. Both reports include information on salaries, bonuses and benefits, and is broken down by club type and revenue, region, and population of the private club community. The information is a valuable resource for GMs and Food & Beverage/Clubhouse Managers in benchmarking their individual package against their peers.
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To facilitate re-running of nutritional survey data based on standardized approach, WHO has developed an online tool to analyse child anthropometric data. The WHO Anthro Survey Analyser aims to promote best practices on data collection, analyses and reporting of anthropometric indicators. It offers analysis for four indicators: length/height-for-age, weight-for-age, weight-for-length, weight-for-height and body mass index-for-age.
The methodology was updated considering the complex sample design of most of the recent surveys, compared to the methodology used in Anthro software (below). Improvements affect only measures of accuracy around estimates (i.e. standard errors and confidence intervals). The tool is based on R, with Shiny package.
Outputs include a set of z-scores, a file with prevalence estimates by the various stratification variables following the format in the expanded database, a report template on data quality assessments and a summary report with a template to be filled in with basic required survey information and ready-to-use graphics and tables depicting survey analysis results.
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