Edmonds Survey and Results

After a few weeks of posting a link to an online survey that my group put together, we finally have some hard data! In this post, you’ll find our survey questions, results, and final thoughts on what our data revealed.

Online Survey Questions:

Regarding the following questions, please keep in mind our survey didn’t go quite to plan. Our data here is unfortunately skewed in regards to ‘Select All That Apply” questions. Turns out our survey wasn’t properly set up to allow ‘all that apply’, participants could only select one response.

Q1 – Please specify your age:

#	Answer	%	Count
1	18-24 years old	1.64%	2
2	25-34 years old	16.39%	20
3	35-44 years old	28.69%	35
4	45-54 years old	28.69%	35
5	55-64 years old	15.57%	19
6	65-74 years old	7.38%	9
7	75 years or older	1.64%	2
	Total	100%	122

Q2 – Please specify your race/ethnicity:

#	Answer	%	Count
1	White	95.08%	116
2	Hispanic or Latino	0.00%	0
3	Black or African American	0.00%	0
4	Asian or Pacific Islander	1.64%	2
5	Native American or American Indian	0.00%	0
6	Other	3.28%	4
	Total	100%	122

Q3 – Please specify your gender:

#	Answer	%	Count
1	Male	23.97%	29
2	Female	76.03%	92
	Total	100%	121

Q4 – How frequently do you visit Yost Park?

#	Answer	%	Count
1	Daily	3.28%	4
2	Weekly	23.77%	29
3	Monthly	30.33%	37
4	Yearly	36.89%	45
5	Never	5.74%	7
	Total	100%	122

Q5 – If you go to Yost Park, who do you go with? Select all that apply:

#	Answer	%	Count
1	Family	73.68%	84
2	Friends	28.07%	32
3	Dog	33.33%	38
4	Alone	28.07%	32
5	Other	4.39%	5
	Total	100%	114

Q6 – What influences your decision to go or to not go to Yost Park? Select all that apply:

#	Answer	%	Count
1	Traffic	8.40%	10
2	Pedestrian Safety	27.73%	33
3	Distance to the Park	39.50%	47
4	Other	47.06%	56
	Total	100%	119

Q7 – What do you like to do when you go to Yost Park? Select all that apply:

#	Answer	%	Count
1	Walk	61.21%	71
2	Play (playground, tennis courts, pool, and free play)	27.59%	32
3	Picnic	6.03%	7
4	Bike	3.45%	4
5	Nature viewing	41.38%	48
6	Other	11.21%	13
	Total	100%	116

Q8 – Did you know that Yost Park is a habitat preservation park?

#	Answer	%	Count
1	Yes	52.07%	63
2	No	47.93%	58
	Total	100%	121

Q9 – How would you rate the accessibility/walkability of the Yost Park trails?

Where 1 = no accessible or hard to access, 3 = neutral, and 5 = easily accessible

#	Answer	%	Count
1	1	0.00%	0
2	2	17.54%	20
3	3	36.84%	42
4	4	26.32%	30
5	5	19.30%	22
	Total	100%	114

Q10 – How would you rate the accessibility/walkability of pedestrian paths to get to Yost Park?

Where 1 = no accessible or hard to access, 3 = neutral, and 5 = easily accessible

#	Answer	%	Count
1	1	2.68%	3
2	2	15.18%	17
3	3	35.71%	40
4	4	25.00%	28
5	5	21.43%	24
	Total	100%	112

Q11 – How would you rate the visual appearance of Yost Park?

Where 1 = not appealing, 3 = neutral, 5 = very appealing

#	Answer	%	Count
1	1	0.00%	0
2	2	12.39%	14
3	3	22.12%	25
4	4	39.82%	45
5	5	25.66%	29
	Total	100%	113

Q12 – How would you rate your overall satisfaction of Yost Park?

Where 1 = not great, 3 = neutral, 5 = great

#	Answer	%	Count
1	1	0.00%	0
2	2	7.83%	9
3	3	27.83%	32
4	4	42.61%	49
5	5	21.74%	25
	Total	100%	115

Q13 – What would you like to see improved at Yost Park, if anything?

Select all that apply: 

#	Answer	%	Count
1	Better bathrooms or more accessible ones	41.96%	47
2	More benches	15.18%	17
3	More disability friendly trails	18.75%	21
4	Accessible trail maps	30.36%	34
5	More trails to get to the park	26.79%	30
6	Other	17.86%	20
	Total	100%	112

Q14 – How frequently do you use the Five Corners Roundabout?

#	Answer	%	Count
1	Very often	72.13%	88
2	Somewhat often	19.67%	24
3	Rarely	7.38%	9
4	Never	0.82%	1
	Total	100%	122

Q15 – How would you rate the safety of pedestrian in the Five Corners Roundabout? Where 1 = not safe, 3 = neutral, and 5 = very safe

#	Answer	%	Count
1	1	7.56%	9
2	2	16.81%	20
3	3	31.09%	37
4	4	29.41%	35
5	5	15.13%	18
	Total	100%	119

Q16 – How would you rate the safety of bikers in the Five Corners Roundabout? Where 1 = not safe, 3 = neutral, and 5 = very safe

#	Answer	%	Count
1	1	15.38%	18
2	2	21.37%	25
3	3	43.59%	51
4	4	13.68%	16
5	5	5.98%	7
	Total	100%	117

Q17 – How would you rate the safety of drivers in the Five Corners Roundabout? Where 1 = not safe, 3 = neutral, and 5 = very safe

#	Answer	%	Count
1	1	5.79%	7
2	2	14.88%	18
3	3	22.31%	27
4	4	36.36%	44
5	5	20.66%	25
	Total	100%	121

This is where the multiple choice section of the survey ends. We do have two more open end questions, but I’ll be addressing those in a separate post. Questions and comments are greatly appreciated! This is my first research project conducted publicly, I’m proud of the work I’ve done, but I am also looking forward to what I can improve. In the end, we had 123 surveys to analyze. Makes me glad that I have a group to divvy up the workload.