Needs Assessments Tools

	INTERVIEWS			SURVEYS (print)
	In Person		Telephonic	Small n	Large n
Factors	Individual	Small group
Anonymity of sources	None	None	None	Some	High
Cost	Depends on number, distance, length	Depends on number, distance, length	Depends on length, number and cost of calls	Low	Usually high especially for the instrument
Follow-up Questions	Good opportunity	Fair opportunity	Good opportunity	Some or none	None
Response Rate	High	High	Usually high	Depends on quality of questions & anonymity	Usually low
Ease of Analysis	It depends	It depends	It depends	Easy with preparation	Depends on quality of questions & data analysis preparation
Risk	Some	High, need group skills	Some	Some, print endures	High, many people receive & print endures

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