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From page 29...
... 29 Gathering Data Because the Quality of Life Assessment Methodology relies on gathering both quantitative and qualitative information, a full assessment will include QOL scores for both types of indi­ cators. In addition, every indicator in the tool should be ranked by survey participants with an importance score to facilitate weighting.
From page 30...
... 30 Measuring Quality of Life in Communities Surrounding Airports that was collected in the 2017 American Community Survey. Cities or towns that have con­ ducted analyses of commuting patterns within their communities may be able to use more local or recent data in lieu of those available through the U.S.
From page 31...
... Gathering Data 31 in Appendix B to calculate a value for this indicator. Another option is to remove this indicator from the assessment.
From page 32...
... 32 Measuring Quality of Life in Communities Surrounding Airports involved in the QOL assessment development process may not necessarily answer the questions used to gather the qualitative information in the same ways that other community residents would, so they should consider interpretation of the questions from a resident's point of view. To ensure that they are comprehendible to a local audience, any edits that are needed to the survey tool provided in Appendix A should be made prior to being administered to a represen­ tative sample of community residents.
From page 33...
... Gathering Data 33 the protection of the rights and welfare of human research subjects recruited to participate in studies. It is likely that some airport departments and stakeholders are already familiar with such processes from administering surveys for other purposes.

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