ABSTRACT
How many surveys did the chief conduct or consult? I count four. Some of the surveys were informal; others were more sophisticated. Some surveys included only one question; others included several questions. A few of the surveys produced quantitative data; others produced qualitative information. One analysis of survey data was as simple as an intern making tally marks in a notebook; another was as complicated as a researcher measuring the psychological factors that attract juveniles to delinquent gangs. Regardless of their level of sophistication, their length, the type of data they collected, and how the data were analyzed, all of these surveys have one thing in common. They collected information by asking individuals or groups of individuals to respond to questions and statements, which, by definition, is what constitutes a survey.
