Canada Food Stats. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Statistics Canada
Recommended By: New Rural Economy - NRE
Related Subject(s): Statistics
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Clark, Michael (CCRU); Edward Collier (TechOp) . Village Appraisals. Cheltenham, UK: Countryside and Community Foundation, 1998
Recommended By: Countryside and Community Research Unit - CCRUNotes: Village Appraisals have been carried out throughout rural UK to assist in rural Development. The Village Appraisals for Windows Software Package enables rural leaders to create and analyze an effective survey questionnaire for village, parish and community appraisals. The software allows users to choose from a variety of preset questions as well as designing their own questions. Many of the preset questions can be personalised by changing response options or adding the name of the community within the question. Once the questionnaire has been distributed and returned, the program manages the entry of questionnaire data by setting up data screens based on the questionnaire design making this usually complex and tiresome task a lot simpler. Users do not require any specialist training. It also facilitates data entry on multiple machines so that the task of entering questionnaires into the program can be spread amongst many people. Once the questionnaire data has been entered, the program analyses the data using a variety of different techniques. The whole appraisal can be divided into up to 12 areas which enables analysis of the results by individual areas or by the whole appraisal area. Analysis functions include simple statistical breakdown of the whole questionnaire, to more advanced techniques such as cross analysis and grouping, comment question analysis and graphical display (charts + graphs). The program also allows data to be exported into more advanced data analysis programs. Very accessible to non-computer users.
Related Subject(s): Community Development Tools, Research Methods
John Deere American Farmer. : Gabriel Entertainment (developers); Global Star Software (distributors-wholly owned subsidary of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.), 2004
To Acquire Contact: Bold GamesNotes: Allows players to create, build and manage a farm. Players decide what crops to plant, livestock to raise, employees to hire, equipment to purchase and structures to build. Employee satisfaction and housing, crop planting time and equipment used, debt vs operating capital and a variety of other variables can be controlled by the player. The player can also choose the kind of farm they want to start out on, with various types of operations, sizes, solvencies, etc. Standing in the way of your successful farm: bug infestations, unpredictable weather and disgruntled employees. Could be a useful discussion starter for rural youth.
Related Subject(s): Farm Management, Stress
Future of Rural Peoples: Book of Abstracts. Saskatoon, Canada, 2003
Recommended By: Community University Institute for Social Research - CUISRTo Acquire Contact: Downloadable PDF Document, Future of Rural Peoples, Institute of Agricultural, Rural and Environmental Health
Related Subject(s): Community Development Stories, Sociological Studies
Woolever, Cynthia; Deborah Bruce. A Field Guide to U.S. Congregations: Who's Going Where and Why. Hartford, Connecticut , US: Westminster John Knox Press, 2002
Recommended By: Hartford Institute for Religion Research To Acquire Contact: Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Super Book Deals Notes: Strongest points are 1) its identification of "myth traps" such as "Congregations have to choose between taking care of their members and serving the community" or "the majority of worshippers are not open to change" or "people under 30 do not participate in religious activities." which are challenged by the data, 2) its humour (some great cartoons) and 3) its introduction to research data as an essential component in congregational decision-making.ISBN/ISSN: ISBN: 0664225691
Related Subject(s): American churches and Pastors
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