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The Survey Instruments

Both of the questionnaires, which made up the survey component of the cultural inventory, were designed to be as simple and user friendly as possible while still providing as much relevant data as possible.

Question Types

Both questionnaires employed two kinds of questions:

• closed-ended questions
• open-ended questions

The closed-ended questions essentially required the respondent to select an answer(s) from a provided list of choices. Some closed-ended questions asked for a single choice only, while others allowed for multiple choices. Some of the closed-ended questions did, however, provide the option of a written response by asking for additional comments or providing the "other" option.

Some closed-ended response questions used in both questionnaires also employed scales. A number of seven-point scales were used to measure the respondents' perceptions of certain issues. The scale themes used were:

• Satisfaction (1 = dissatisfied and 7 = satisfied)
• Importance (1 = unimportant and 7 = very important)
• Agreement (1 = disagree and 7 = agree)

The open-ended questions asked the respondent to provide a longer written response. This might still have involved the respondent having to pick an answer such as "yes" or "no," but with the added requirement of providing reasons for their choice of answer.

Survey Indices

The Individual Respondent Questionnaire consists of 9 thematic subsections:

• Professional Background Information
• Area of Professional Activity
• Employment Status
• Income Information
• Experience Information
• Education and Training Information
• Opinion Feedback Information
• Satisfaction with Work as a Cultural Practitioner Information
• Demographic Information

The Organizational Questionnaire consists of 11 thematic subsections:

• Organizational Background Information
• Formal Organizational Mandate Information
• Area of Cultural Activity Information
• History and Location Information
• Organizational Facilities in Edmonton Information
• Human Resources Information
• Relationship with the Educational Sector Information
• Financial-Operational Information
• Perception of Importance of Specific Cultural Activities Information
• Opinion on Specific Issues Information
• Demographic Information

Note: The questionnaires were administered in two ways, online and hard-copy versions (see the Methodology section for more details). The exemplars of the respective questionnaires provided here are of the hard-copy versions. Each of the links above will open a new browser window.