Research Extra

Question 1

LQ

Answer 1

Ratio of industry’s share of local employment/share of the nation
LQ<1 = importing LQ>1 = exporting
Formula: (local employment in I)(total local employment)/(reference area employment in industry I)(total reference area employment)

Question 2

FAR

Answer 2

Total floor area / total lot area

Question 3

Oregon model

Answer 3

1st place to pioneer use of community based visioning

Question 4

Interval data

Answer 4

Ordered relationship where the difference between scales has a meaningful interpretation EX temperature

Question 5

Qualitative

Answer 5

Nominal, sometimes ordinal

Question 6

Quantitative

Answer 6

Interval / ratio

Question 7

Symptomatic method estimation

Answer 7

Used available data indirectly related to population size such as housing stats

Question 8

Economic base analysis

Answer 8

Looks at basic / no basic economic activities. Basic = activities that can be exported, non basic = those local.

Question 9

Stratified sampling

Answer 9

Mini reproduction of pop, divided into characteristics of importance

Question 10

Cluster sampling

Answer 10

Specific target group is sampled

Question 11

Systematic sampling

Answer 11

Every xth person is selected

Question 12

Non probability sampling

Answer 12

No precisé connection between sample and population. Ex: convenience sample, snowball sample, volunteer sample

Question 13

Projections

Answer 13

Calculated for future population levels (trend lines, scatter plot, regression)

Question 14

Forecasts

Answer 14

Cohort survival, step down

Question 15

Bias

Answer 15

Different between expected value of an estimator and real value.

Question 16

Sampling error

Answer 16

Natural consequence because sample is small

Question 17

Fiscal impact analysis is different from economic analysis

Answer 17

Economic focuses on cash flow to private sector

Question 18

Transect zoning

Answer 18

T1-T6 (natural-rural, suburban, general urban, urban center, urban core)

Question 19

Performance zoning

Answer 19

Performance standards regulate development by setting desired goals. Doesn’t restrict specific uses, just that uses must meet specific set of standards

Question 20

Progressive tax

Answer 20

Tax rate increases as income increases

Question 21

Proportional tax

Answer 21

Tax rate is the same regardless of income

Question 22

Regressive tax

Answer 22

Tax rate decreases as income rises

Question 23

ACS vs. Census

Answer 23

Acs: conducted every month, every year. Asks topics not on census (employment, education etc)
Census: every 10 years, shorter questions and provides official list of population for congressional representation

Question 24

Census trends 2020 census

Answer 24

South shifting population. More than half of nation’s population growth in last decade (54%) occurred in southern states

Question 25

Browning of America / intermarriage increase (2020 census)

Answer 25

Nonwhites =85% of America. Marriage across racial and ethnic lines doubled since 1980

Question 26

Gender shift (2020 census)

Answer 26

Women hold nearly 1/2 of paid jobs (44.8%), own 40% of all businesses and hold 43% of exec. Admin and managerial positions

Question 27

In 2000 what area grew fastest

Answer 27

West

Question 28

Between 2000 and 2010 what was the fastest growing state

Answer 28

Nevada 35%

Question 29

Between 2000 and 2010, which state experienced highest numeric increase

Answer 29

Texas 4.3 mill

Question 30

Which state has maintained growth rate

Answer 30

Nevada , growth rate of 25% or greater for last 3 decades

Question 31

Palm coast fl

Answer 31

Fastest growing metro between 2000 and 2010 (92% increase in pop)

Question 32

2020 census, how many metro areas grew

Answer 32

4/5

Question 33

2020 census growth rate

Answer 33

Nation grew at its slowest rate since 1930s

Question 34

Between 2010-2020 how many people lived in metropolitan statistical areas

Answer 34

86%

Question 35

Among all US metro areas, which area grew fastest between 2010-2020

Answer 35

The villages, FL

Question 36

Between 2010-2020, which state experienced largest numeric increase

Answer 36

Texas

Question 37

Which state was fastest growing 2010-2020

Answer 37

Utah (18.4% increase)

Question 38

2010-2020 pop change

Answer 38

Last decade 7.4% increase was lower than previous decades 9.7 and was lowest since 1930s

Question 39

1 section equals how many acres

Answer 39

640

Question 40

How many sq ft in 1 acre

Answer 40

43,560

Question 41

1 mile is how many feet

Answer 41

5280 ft

Question 42

Enterprise fund

Answer 42

Account established to manage revenues and expenditures of a self sufficient activity such as a golf corse

Question 43

Revenue bond

Answer 43

Issued by municipality / backed by a specific steam of revenue like building a stadium

Question 44

Tax increment

Answer 44

Additional property tax generated by development. The increment is “captured” to finance development costs

Question 45

Step down method

Answer 45

Assumes relationship of locality to some larger geographic entity- county / state - will prevail in the future and that pop proj. At a larger scale represents degrees of reliability that are not possible to achieve at a small scale of analysis

Question 46

Strong and weak correlation

Answer 46

+ or - 1 = strong correlation. Weak correlation would be value closest to 0

Question 47

Indicators vs. benchmarks

Answer 47

Indicators are limited / distilled data that tell a story w/o requiring review of all relevant data. Benchmarks are a target measurement used to gauge how a community is doing in relation to a predetermined target

Question 48

Getting to yes

Answer 48

Fisher, Ury, Patton: separate relationships from problem, focus on interests (what is really important to planners and not positions or a fixed idea how to achieve), search for mutual gain for all parties, active listening

Question 49

triple constraint

Answer 49

Delay in one item : time scope and resources- decrease quality. Then have to add in other areas

Question 50

GANTT

Answer 50

bar chart to track process

Question 51

Critical path method

Answer 51

Sequence of required schedules activities that depend on each other, quickest and shortest time it can be done