2011 FEVS Factor Analysis
Twelve items were highlighted in the 2010 factor analysis.
For the following charts, a ≥0.5%increase in percent positive or a ≥0.5% decrease in percent negative is denoted with a green arrow.
Similarly, a ≥0.5%decrease in percent positive or ≥0.5%increase in percent negative is marked with a red arrow
The raw data was not released in 2011 and thus we are unable to speak to the statistical significance of the following changes.
Of the 12 items highlighted, it does not appear that any improvement has occurred in four of the items, with both a drop in percent positive and rise in percent negative.
For another five items, the percent positive decreased but so did the percent negative. This indicates some small change.
The final 3 items show both an increase in positive responses and corresponding decrease in negative responses.
Overall, the changes in percent negative responses paint a slightly better picture than the percent positive responses. We see a greater percentage of items with fewer negative responses in the 2011 FEVS than the 2010 FEVS, than DOI, and than government wide. When compared to DOI and government wide results, the 2011 USGS FEVS had 59 of 77 items (76.7%) with a smaller percentage of people responding negatively. Isolating USGS results alone, more than half (57.1%) of the items had fewer negative responses in 2011 than in 2010.