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[email protected] UW Outreach School’s State of Wyoming Survey 2005 Report to University of Wyoming Outreach School by Thomas Furgeson, M.A., Assistant Research Scientist Russ Miller, Assistant Research Scientist Bistra Anatchkova, Ph.D., Survey Research Center Manager Burke Grandjean, Ph.D., Executive Director with the assistance of Steven D. Aagard, Assessment Coordinator, UW Outreach School Patricia Taylor, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology and Statistics Lynn Jones, NEXA, LLC Trent Holder, Research Aide Wyoming Survey & Analysis Center University of Wyoming WYSAC Technical Report No. SRC-515 September, 2005 WYSAC, University of Wyoming UW Outreach School Survey 2005 2 UW Outreach School’s State of Wyoming Survey 2005 In the fall of 2004 the University of Wyoming Outreach School enlisted the Wyoming Survey & Analysis Center (WYSAC) to develop and to conduct a state-wide survey of Wyoming households. The objective was to assess how well the University of Wyoming connects with the citizens of the state through various university academic and non-academic programs, offerings and services. This report summarizes the results of the study. Methods The research made use of focus groups and a telephone-interview questionnaire. Five focus groups, the locations for which were chosen by the UW Outreach School, were conducted throughout Wyoming. The focus groups were conducted to gauge the Wyoming public’s level of awareness of what the University has to offer, as well as to provide direction to the drafting of the questionnaire used in the state-wide telephone survey.