Randy Sell

North Dakota State University

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F. Larry Leistritz

North Dakota State University

J. D. Wulfhorst

University of Idaho

Steve H. Murdock

Rice University

Richard S. Krannich

Utah State University

Krissa Wrigley

Utah State University

Steve White

Auckland University of Technology

Sherrill Spies

Texas A&M University

Joann Thompson

North Dakota State University

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David Watt

University Hospital Crosshouse

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Testing of Sexual Identity and Health Related Questions Results of Interviews Conducted May-July 2005

Heather Ridolfo Kristen Perez Kristen Miller Stephanie Willson Randy Sell

This report summarizes findings from the evaluation of common demographic questions, as well as questions regarding sexual identity. The data used in this analysis came from a larger project conducted by the Questionnaire Research Design Laboratory (QDRL) at the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). This project was commissioned to develop questions regarding sexual identity for future NCHS health surveys. A copy of the questionnaires used during testing can be found in the appendix. The main goals of the project were to 1) assess respondents’ interpretations of the survey questions and gain a better understanding of the processes respondents engaged in when responding to the questions and 2) identify any potential problems in the question response process that could lead to error in the survey data. The project was funded, in part, by the Ford Foundation, the CDC Division of Smoking and Health, and the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). The following section outlines cognitive testing methodology and describes how analysis of the data was conducted. The final section of the report provides a general summary of the research findings followed by a questionby-question summary of the findings.

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ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES IN RURAL COMMUNITIES: FACTORS AFFECTING USE

Community Development Society Journal (1997)

F. Larry Leistritz John Carson Allen Bruce B. Johnson Duane A. Olsen Randy Sell

The role of telecommunications technologies in economic development has received increased focus in recent years. This study assesses the level of use of various telecommunications technologies by rural residents and identifies the community characteristics and individual attributes that are conducive to the adoption and use of these technologies. Data are from surveys of nearly 2,000 residents in 20 communities representing 6 states in the Midwest. The study findings reveal relatively high levels of use of a number of telecommunications technologies -- levels that may rival or even exceed urban rates. The findings also indicate that economic development that involves growth of the service sectors will likely increase the use of telecommunications technologies in rural areas.

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Telecommunications service

10.1080/15575339709489786

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Waste facility experience and perceptions of waste-related health and safety risks

Society & Natural Resources (1998)

Sherrill Spies Steve H. Murdock Steve White Richard S. Krannich J. D. Wulfhorst

Based on ecological theory, we hypothesize that positive experience with waste facility siting and storage will reduce the perceived health and safety risks associated with waste sites. Evidence is presented from data collected in 15 communities in the states of Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, and Colorado. Seven of these communities are hosting or were potential sites for hazardous waste facilities, four were the sites of other types of rural industrial developments and four were communities that had experienced only baseline socioeconomic activity. Surveys of residents in each of these communities on a variety of issues including concerns related to the health and safety of waste storage are examined and compared. The results indicate that residents in communities with positive experience with waste facilities perceive lower waste‐related health and safety risks than residents in other types of communities when controls are included for other sociodemographic and perceptual factors.

10.1080/08941929809381115

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Support for Waste Facility Siting: Differences between Community Leaders and Residents

Rural Sociology (1998)

Sherrill Spies Steve H. Murdock Steve White Richard S. Krannich J. D. Wulfhorst

Abstract Decisions regarding hazardous waste facility siting are now open to extensive public debate. Efforts on the part of public officials and private companies to site waste management facilities have been thwarted by public opposition. Using survey data from leaders and residents in communities which are hosting or siting facilities, this study examines their sociodemographic characteristics, knowledge, levels of trust, perceptions of risk, perceptions of economic impacts, perceptions of equity issues and the differential effects of these factors on acceptance of local waste facility siting. Leaders in these communities were more supportive of local waste facility siting than were other community residents. The major determinant of leaders' acceptance of waste siting was their perceptions of the economic benefits of a facility to the community. Although this was also important to residents, perceptions of health, safety, and environmental contamination risks had larger effects on their acceptance of such facilities.

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waste disposal

10.1111/j.1549-0831.1998.tb00665.x

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Waste Facility Siting in Rural Communities in the United States: An Assessment of Impacts and Their Effects on Residents' Levels Of Support/Opposition

Community Development Society Journal (1998)

Steve H. Murdock Sherrill Spies Kofi Effah Steve White Richard S. Krannich

Abstract Local community opposition is the major reason for failures to site waste facilities in rural communities. Residents perceive such facilities as posing unacceptable risks while offering few benefits. Although of clear importance, analyses of such support/opposition have been conceptually and empirically inadequate. We propose an expanded ecological framework which includes both structural and perceptual dimensions of environmental, social demographic, technological-risk, and organizational-exchange variables, and use survey data from 15 communities in 5 western states to examine the effects of ecological variables on residents' levels of acceptance of waste facility siting. Waste facilities are seen as having few unique positive or negative impacts; perceptions of technology-based risks, economic benefits, and the nature of the interactive exchanges occurring during the siting of waste facilities are most determinative of levels of support/opposition.

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10.1080/15575339809489775

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Discussion on “The possibilities of a cross-channel power link between the British and French supply systems”

Proceedings of the IEE Part A Power Engineering (1956)

E.L. Davey F.V. Dakin S.D. Larcombe P. Bingley L.F. Ryland

Link (geometry)

10.1049/pi-a.1956.0079

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Profitability of Livestock Diversification

North Dakota farm research (1990)

David Watt Randy Sell

The dynamics of specialization of agricultural products such as grains expose farmers to higher risks due to unforeseen events in the marketplace such as increased competition are presented in this article. Ways to reduce the costs of feeding livestock is recommended. Determining optimal herd size, reducing costs for additional structures to house cattle and to reduce labor costs are recommended for reducing costs.

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