Building the Wyoming We Want

Building the Wyoming We Want Priorities and Values Study

The Priorities and Values Study indicates that Wyoming residents place the greatest priority on access to the great outdoors, their small, friendly communities and about the health of the land and the water.

Heart and Mind Strategies conducted the study over several weeks in April 2009, and spoke with nearly 1,000 people across the state in telephone interviews, face-to-face online interviews and online polling.

• Click here for the study (PDF)
• Click here for the June 2009 presentation on the study at the June 2009 Conference (PDF)
• June 8, 2009 Press Release on release of study

Survey Methodology
The study was conducted online within the state of Wyoming between April 10-26, 2009, among 894 adults (aged 18 and over). Propensity score weighting was used to adjust for respondents’ propensity to be online. All sample surveys and polls, whether or not they use probability sampling, are subject to multiple sources of error which are most often not possible to quantify or estimate, including sampling error, coverage error, error associated with nonresponse, error associated with question wording and response options, and post-survey weighting and adjustments. In the hypothetical case where none of these sources of error are present, a probability sample size of 894 would have a margin of error of +/- 3.3% at the 95 percent confidence level. These statements conform to the principles of disclosure of the National Council on Public Polls.