HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-30-21 Correspondence - ASU School of Public Affairs - Covid April 9th, 2021
Dear Mayor Andrus
Researchers in the School of Public Affairs at Arizona State University(ASU) are conducting a
national survey of how local elected leaders make decisions across a variety of issue areas. We
identified a select group of elected officials in cities across the U.S.to participate. You were
identified as one such leader, and we are very interested in your thoughts and perspectives on
issues facing local governments.
In the upcoming week, we will send you an e-mail invitation with a link to our survey. We would
greatly appreciate your participation as your insights and experiences will help us better
understand what makes local governments successful.
We are extremely interested in your thoughts and perspectives on economic development, local
responses to COVID-19, and your relationships with the municipal staff. Answering the
questions should take you about 10-12 minutes. Your responses will be kept confidential and
will be anonymized prior to analysis.
The survey's findings may provide information helpful for understanding how successful local
governments function and offer insights into how leaders think about important policy issues.
Only aggregated statistics will be reported and at no point will individual respondents ever be
identifiable. As a participant, we will send you an executive summary of our findings.
If you have any questions about this research project,please feel free to call us at 602-496-0451,
or send an e-mail to Dr. Justin M. Stritch at jstritch@asu.edu or Dr. Akheil Singla at
agsingla(aasu.edu. Questions or concerns about your rights as a research participant should be
directed to the Social Behavioral IRB at Arizona State University by e-mail at
research.integrity@asu.edu or at 480-965-6788.
We thank you for your participation.
Sincerely,
Dr. Justin Stritch Dr. Akheil Singla
Associate Professor Assistant Professor
School of Public Affairs School of Public Affairs
Arizona State University Arizona State University
602-496-0451 480-727-8385
jstritch@asu.edu agsingla@asu.edu
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