November 1981. The Contracting Parties will exchange, without prejudice to the requirements of business confidentiality, information on significant investment or disinvestment projects.
November 1981. The Secretary-General of the ASEAN Secretariat, acting on behalf of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations; and The Secretary-General of the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia, acting on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Indonesia, In the implementation of Article IX, paragraphs 4 and 6 of the Agreement on the Establishment of the ASEAN Secretariat, and paragraph 1, Article IX of the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Indonesia and the ASEAN relating to the Privileges and Immunities of the ASEAN Secretariat, XXXXXX AGREE ON THE FOLLOWING:
November 1981. A Collection of Papers RelalI:lO~;t(),>fi&.~. :"~- -, ------ . Analysis of the Survey of '-'C, , - _u _~~_o , Dakota Farmers and Ranchers-~' :~-- "-:--,,,.. Xxx Xxxxx and Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx U.S. Department of Agriculture~ Was~ington, D.C. FARMERS' ATTITUDES TOWARD CROP AND LIVESTOCK SURVEYS: A Collection of Papers Related to the Analysis of the Survey of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx and Ranchers; by Xxx Xxxxx and Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Research nivision, Statistical Reporting Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., SRS Staff Report No. AGES81l007. November 1981. This report contains studies related to the Dakota survey of farmers and ranchers. Profile analysis is used to illustrate characteristics related to survey participation. Survey participation is modeled. Organization- al influences are explored and multivariate analysis from a complex design is studied. Key words: Survey response, respondent burden, model selection, principal component analysis, variable elimination. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * This paper was prepared for limited distribution to * * t~e research community outside the U.S. Department * * of Agriculture. The views expressed herein are not * * necessarily those of SRS or USDA. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Xxxxx x x ...••••••••••••••••••••.••.•••••.••••••••••••••••••••••• 1 i Introduction A Profile of ................................................... 1 A Note on the Use of Unequal Probability Sampling to Reduce Respondent Burden ••••••••••••••••••••••••• 11 Modeling Survey Participation in North and South Dakota ..................•.•..•...•......•.••...••.• 17 Organizational Influences on Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx ••••••••••.••••••••• 23 The Effect of a Disproportionate, Stratified Design on Principal Component Analysis Used for Variable Elimination .................•.............•....•••.. 26 SUMMARY Respondents Xxx reportedly agree to particlpate on C&L surveys, as a group, have a more favorable attitude toward our surveys, use more information, find it easier to use and are more aware of the various users of C&L data. Production costs and demand information were reported to be necessary more often t~an other items. Survey contact when control data is reliCible }las a beneficial effect on response rate. Removal from a survey has a negative effect on some farmers' attitudes toward our program. Empirical data indicates that pps sampling, inversely with burden, can increase res...
November 1981. Memorandum of Understanding between the Department of the Army and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on non-Federal development of hydropower at Corps of Engineers projects.
