Continental Research
        
        
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          4500 Colley Avenue
        
        
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          Norfolk, VA 23508
        
        
          B - 7
        
        
          Average Satisfaction Ratings
        
        
          (cont’d)
        
        
          t-Test
        
        
          1998 1999 2000 2001 2006 2007 2008 2014 Results*
        
        
          The City’s cable TV station,
        
        
          WCTV
        
        
          3.04 2.97 2.98 2.98 3.11 n/a
        
        
          n/a
        
        
          3.10
        
        
          The City's cable TV station,
        
        
          WCTV
        
        
          (recent “Users” only)
        
        
          n/a
        
        
          n/a
        
        
          n/a
        
        
          n/a
        
        
          n/a
        
        
          n/a
        
        
          n/a
        
        
          3.16
        
        
          The number of activities
        
        
          & things to do in Ches.
        
        
          n/a
        
        
          n/a
        
        
          n/a
        
        
          n/a
        
        
          n/a
        
        
          n/a
        
        
          n/a
        
        
          3.02
        
        
          The community centers
        
        
          2.90 2.96 n/a
        
        
          2.97 3.03 n/a
        
        
          n/a
        
        
          2.98
        
        
          Human service programs n/a
        
        
          n/a
        
        
          n/a
        
        
          n/a
        
        
          n/a
        
        
          n/a
        
        
          n/a
        
        
          2.97
        
        
          Efforts to keep residents
        
        
          informed
        
        
          n/a
        
        
          2.89 2.80 2.82 2.89 n/a
        
        
          n/a
        
        
          2.91
        
        
          The opportunity citizens
        
        
          have to share their
        
        
          ideas/opinions
        
        
          n/a
        
        
          2.71 2.73 2.76 2.79 n/a
        
        
          n/a
        
        
          2.88
        
        
          The quality of the drinking
        
        
          water
        
        
          1.96 n/a
        
        
          n/a
        
        
          2.24 2.70 n/a
        
        
          n/a
        
        
          2.88 c
        
        
          The condition of roads in
        
        
          your neighborhood area n/a
        
        
          n/a
        
        
          n/a
        
        
          2.91 2.74 n/a
        
        
          n/a
        
        
          2.84
        
        
          Rain water drainage in your
        
        
          neighborhood area
        
        
          n/a
        
        
          n/a
        
        
          n/a
        
        
          2.71 2.70 n/a
        
        
          n/a
        
        
          2.72
        
        
          The maintenance of City
        
        
          roads & bridges
        
        
          2.51 2.56 2.49 2.60 2.47 n/a
        
        
          n/a
        
        
          2.52
        
        
          The traffic flow on City
        
        
          roadways
        
        
          n/a
        
        
          n/a
        
        
          n/a
        
        
          2.27 2.18 n/a
        
        
          n/a
        
        
          2.40 c
        
        
          Scale: 4 = Very Satisfied  (A 4.0 is the highest mean possible.)
        
        
          3 = Satisfied
        
        
          2 = Dissatisfied
        
        
          1 = Very Dissatisfied
        
        
          * The results of a t-Test on the averages are indicated by these codes (difference is significant using two-tailed t-Test at
        
        
          .05):
        
        
          a = sig. higher than last time asked in 2008
        
        
          b = sig. higher than 2007 (if not asked in 2008)
        
        
          c = sig. higher than 2006 (if not asked in 2007 or 2008)
        
        
          x = sig. lower than last time asked in 2008
        
        
          y = sig. lower than 2007 (if not asked in 2008)
        
        
          z = sig. lower than 2006 (if not asked in 2007 or 2008)