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86 Process for Developing Quality of Life Assessment Methodology A P P E N D I X D The following appendix provides a more detailed record of how the Quality of Life Assessment Methodology was developed. Chapter 2 of the guidebook provides an overview and explanation of the Quality of Life Assessment Methodology, including a description of the quantitative and qualitative indicators, the QOL scoring mechanism, and the process of importance weighting.
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Process for Developing Quality of Life Assessment Methodology 87 quantitative data sets, where available, and qualitative data related to subjective aspects of QOL collected via survey from community stakeholders and airport personnel. This mixed-methods approach will introduce more possibilities for analysis and interpretation than a strictly quantitative analysis.
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88 Measuring Quality of Life in Communities Surrounding Airports transportation categories to categorize additional indicators related to ensure a holistic assessment methodology in relation to measuring QOL in communities surrounding airports. The transportation category was of great interest to the research team, given that this tool is intended to be used in part to inform airport leaders regarding issues that are important to the surrounding communities, which will ultimately inform decisions the airport may make that will affect community QOL.
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Process for Developing Quality of Life Assessment Methodology 89 Supplemental Indicators The Quality of Life Assessment Methodology is designed to provide flexibility to meet the needs of unique airports. Collecting data for all 100 indicators is suggested under the Quality of Life Assessment Methodology (described in Chapter 3)
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90 Measuring Quality of Life in Communities Surrounding Airports A QOL score of 2 is assigned to communities where 16 percent to less than 20 percent of the population live below the poverty line. A QOL score of 3 is assigned to communities where 12 percent to less than 16 percent of the population live below the poverty line.
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Process for Developing Quality of Life Assessment Methodology 91 A QOL score of 2 is assigned for a response of "somewhat dissatisfied." A QOL score of 3 is assigned for a response of "somewhat satisfied." A QOL score of 4 is assigned for a response of "satisfied." As with the scoring mechanism described above for the quantitative indicators, there can be challenges when assigning QOL scores to the qualitative indicator responses. As such, several members of the research team independently assigned QOL scores to each response for each qualitative indicator.
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92 Measuring Quality of Life in Communities Surrounding Airports quadrant plots are used in this way, QOL scores and importance scores must be averaged across participants so that a single score for each can be plotted for each of the indicators. Chapter 5 presents example quadrant plots using simple averages to obtain a single QOL score for each of the qualitative indicators and a single importance score for each of the qualitative and quantitative indicators.
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Process for Developing Quality of Life Assessment Methodology 93 information for a holistic QOL assessment, including input on the weighting process for indicators and suggestions for refinements to the assessment tool (i.e., revised indicators and addition or removal of indicators)
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94 Measuring Quality of Life in Communities Surrounding Airports Collecting Input on Quantitative Indicators Quantitative indicators were not the primary subject of discussion at the workshops because the methodology requires that airport personnel (or a contracted third party) gather data on the quantitative indicators from publicly available data sets during the QOL assessment process.
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Process for Developing Quality of Life Assessment Methodology 95 input on the applicability and appropriateness of the qualitative indicators. During the workshop, participants were separated into small groups to discuss specific categories of indicators and provide feedback to the research team.
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