OMB Contrul Number 2120-XXXX
Expiration Date: XX/XX/XXXX
National Park Service
[NAME OF PARK] Visitor Survey
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Your participation in the survey is voluntary. There are no penalties for not answering some or all questions, but since each participant will represent many others who will not be surveyed, your cooperation is extremely important. The answers you provide will remain anonymous. Our results will be summarized so that the answers you provide cannot be associated with you or anyone in your group or household. |
Introduction
Welcome to the National Park Service visitor’s experience questionnaire. Your answers will inform National Park managers about visitors’ experiences at many different types of natural, cultural and historical sites in the United States. This questionnaire asks about your experiences during this visit to (NAME OF SITE).
Please wait to begin until the interviewer provides instructions on the first page.
Is this your first visit to (NAME of SITE) or had you visited here before?
First visit
Visited before Answer a
Approximately how many times have you visited (NAME of SITE) before?
Times before ________ (approximate)
Don’t know /not sure
During this visit to (NAME OF SITE) did you go to or not go to each of the following locations?
REVISION NOTE: This question must be individually formatted for each site. Identifying locations within the site may require maps, photos or other aids in addition to names. |
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Did you take part or not take part in each of the following activities during this visit to (NAME of SITE)?
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How important was it that this visit to (NAME OF SITE) provide you with the opportunity to… (Mark “Not relevant” if an experience was not relevant for this visit.)
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During this visit to (NAME OF SITE) how much did you…
(Mark “Not relevant” if an experience was not relevant for this visit.)
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Stop: PLEASE ASK THE INTERVIEWER FOR INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE PROCEEDING.
We would like you to listen to five short recordings of natural, human, and aircraft sounds at (NAME of SITE). As you listen to each recording, consider the aircraft sounds in the recording and think about the experiences you had during this visit to (NAME of SITE). Please imagine how you would have felt if you had heard the aircraft sounds in the recording during this visit to [NAME OF SITE]. After each recording please answer two questions about the aircraft sounds in that recording.
Recording #1
Instructions: Please press the ‘play ’ button, listen to ‘Recording #1’, then press the ‘pause’ button and answer questions a and b.
6a. How acceptable or unacceptable would the aircraft sounds in Recording #1 have been if you had heard them during your visit to [NAME OF SITE]?
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6b. How pleased or annoyed would you have been by the aircraft sounds in Recording #1 if you had heard them during your visit to [NAME OF SITE]?
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Recording #2
I nstructions: Please press the ‘play ’ button, listen to ‘Recording #2’, then press the ‘pause’ button and answer questions a and b.
7a. How acceptable or unacceptable would the aircraft sounds in Recording #1 have been if you had heard them during your visit to [NAME OF SITE]?
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7b. How pleased or annoyed would you have been by the aircraft sounds in Recording #2 if you had heard them during your visit to [NAME OF SITE]?
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Recording #3
Instructions: Please press the ‘play ’ button, listen to ‘Recording #3’, then press the ‘pause’ button and answer questions a and b.
8a. How acceptable or unacceptable would the aircraft sounds in Recording #1 have been if you had heard them during your visit to [NAME OF SITE]?
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8b. How pleased or annoyed would you have been by the aircraft sounds in Recording #3 if you had heard them during your visit to [NAME OF SITE]?
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Recording #4
Instructions: Please press the ‘play ’ button, listen to ‘Recording #4’, then press the ‘pause’ button and answer questions a and b.
9a. How acceptable or unacceptable would the aircraft sounds in Recording #1 have been if you had heard them during your visit to [NAME OF SITE]?
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9b. How pleased or annoyed would you have been by the aircraft sounds in Recording #4 if you had heard them during your visit to [NAME OF SITE]?
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R ecording #5
Instructions: Please press the ‘play ’ button, listen to ‘Recording #5’, then press the ‘pause’ button and answer questions a and b.
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10a. How acceptable or unacceptable would the aircraft sounds in Recording #1 have been if you had heard them during your visit to [NAME OF SITE]?
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10b. How pleased or annoyed would you have been by the aircraft sounds in Recording #5 if you had heard them during your visit to [NAME OF SITE]?
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R ecording #6
Instructions: Please press the ‘play ’ button, listen to ‘Recording #6’, then press the ‘pause’ button and answer Questions 11 to13.
11. How acceptable or unacceptable would the aircraft sound in this recording be if it occurred the following number of times in an hour during your visit to [NAME of SITE]?
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12 an hour (every 5 minutes) |
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6 an hour (every 10minutes) |
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2 an hour (every 30 minutes) |
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1 an hour (every 60 minutes) |
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How frequently would you prefer to hear sightseeing tour aircraft as you heard in the recording while at [NAME OF SITE]? (Record a number or check the box.)
No more than _________ scenic air tours in an hour |
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I would prefer to never hear scenic air tours |
How frequently could you hear sightseeing tour aircraft as you heard in the recording before you would no longer visit [NAME OF SITE]? (Record a number or check the box.)
No more than _________ scenic air tours in an hour |
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I would visit [NAME OF SITE] regardless of how frequently scenic air tours are heard |
YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE LISTENING PORTION OF YOUR SURVEY.
Did you hear airplanes, jets, helicopters, or any other aircraft during this visit to (NAME OF SITE)?
Y es - heard ..
No –did not hear Skip to 17 on next page.
During this visit to (NAME OF SITE) how much did noise from airplanes, jets, helicopters or other aircraft bother, disturb or annoy you?
Not at all
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To what extent to would you support or oppose each of the following potential actions at [NAME OF PARK]?
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Strongly Support |
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Neither Support nor Oppose |
Oppose |
Strongly Oppose |
Don’t Know/ Not Sure |
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Have you ever taken a scenic air tour over [NAME OF PARK] or any other park?
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I have taken a scenic air tour over [NAME OF PARK]. |
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I have taken a scenic air tour over another national park. |
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Would you take a sightseeing air tour over [NAME OF PARK], even if visitors at [NAME OF SITE] could hear the aircraft during their visit?
Yes
No
Don’t know/not sure
Background Information
How many adults and children were in your personal group (spouse, family, friends) on this visit to (NAME OF SITE)?
Adults (age 16 or over) |
Number |
Children (age 15 or under) |
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Were you or your personal group part of some larger commercial, educational, or other organized group of visitors?
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No
What is your gender?
Male
Female
In what year were you born?
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Where do you live?
United States What is your Zip code? |
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Another country What country do you live in? |
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What is the highest level of formal education you have completed? (Check one.)
Some high school
High school graduate or GED
Some college, business or trade school
College, business or trade school graduate
Some graduate school
Master’s, doctoral or professional degree
Are you Hispanic or Latino? (Check one.)
Yes
No
What is your race? (Check all that apply.)
American Indian or Alaska Native
Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian
Pacific Islander other than Native Hawaiian
White
Please give your questionnaire to the interviewer.
Thank you for completing the survey!
PRIVACY ACT and PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT statement: 16 U.S.C. 1a-7 authorizes collection of this information. This information will be used by park managers to better serve the public. Response to this request is voluntary. No action may be taken against you for refusing to supply the information requested. The permanent data will be anonymous. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. BURDEN ESTIMATE statement: Public reporting burden for this form is estimated to average 15 minutes per response. Direct comments regarding the burden estimate or any other aspect of this form to the FAA at: 800 Independence Ave. SW, Washington DC 20591, Attn: Information Collection Clearance Officer, AES-200.
File Type | application/msword |
File Title | NATIONAL PARK SERVICE |
Author | Amanda Rapoza |
Last Modified By | Taylor CTR Dahl |
File Modified | 2010-06-30 |
File Created | 2010-02-01 |