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The Parish Life
Comparative
Survey |
Our Comparative Reports are our most
detailed reports. They contain everything described in the Narrative
Report with an additional comparison to the average from the other
parishes CARA has worked with. They also offer more analyses
comparing parish groups.
The process for conducting a survey with a Comparative Report consists
of:
- CARA and the parish work together to custom design a
questionnaire of about 100 questions.
- CARA provides the parish with copies of the
questionnaire both electronically and as hardcopies. The parish
produces enough copies of the questionnaire for all adults at the
parish.
- Typically, the parish distributes the questionnaire
to all adults at the parish on a particular weekend and collects the
completed surveys. For more information about the kinds of distribution
and collection methods CARA recommends, please click here.
- Within six weeks of receiving the surveys, CARA
provides the parish with a Comparative Report, containing:
- Executive summary including key findings
- Summary of findings organized by areas of parish life
- Narrative describing themes in the data
- Tables and graphs depicting major findings
- Comparisons to national findings
- Comparisons with other CARA parish surveys
- Comparisons among generations of respondents
- Additional in-depth analyses for groups of
parishioners or of issues identified by the parish
- Brief narrative describing survey methods
- Copy of the questionnaire showing the percentage that
selected each response
Charges The base fee for a Parish Life Survey with a Comparative Report
is $3,500. In addition, the parish is charged $1 per processed
questionnaire. Translations of questionnaires into other languages and
any transcriptions and/or analyses of open-ended questions are
available for an extra fee.
Contact
Melissa A.
Cidade, M.A., Director of PASS
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