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FIVE YEAR SUPPORTIVE HOUSIN(3 PLAN <br /> FINAL REPORT <br /> members complete the survey instrument to the best of their knowledge rather than <br /> conducting personai interviews of each member of the target population. Conducting <br /> personal interviews would have required more expense and time than was available to <br /> the planning team or Heritage staff. Oasis staff and the MISA Team completed the <br /> survey instruments in September and October 2004. <br /> It is worth noting that Oasis and the MISA Team use different methods of record <br /> keeping due to the different nature of their programs. As an informal drop-in center <br /> Oasis does not establish files on its guests, believing that asking for and recording <br /> information might be offensive to them. Due to their illnesses and unsatisfactory <br /> experiences with helping systems, this population is notoriously averse to services and <br /> to professional helpers. On the other hand, MISA has a strong research component, <br /> and the MISA Team obtains and records information on its target population. Thus, the <br /> data from MISA was far more complete and detailed, while the data from Oasis <br /> depended more on estimates from staff members. <br /> Data Analysis Methods. Data from the survey instrument were entered into a Microsoft <br /> Access database, allowing for easy summations of various fields in order to obtain <br /> general patterns among the target population. To provide for more detailed analysis, the <br /> dataset was imported into SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Services) software, <br /> a sophisticated statistical analysis program. Millikin University Professor of Sociology <br /> Dr. Larry Troy provided expertise and ran correlations to develop resident profiles (see <br /> "Proposed Housing Strategy"). <br /> Preliminarv Findin�s <br /> Survey Size. The Heritage staff identified 173 individuals who fit the definition of <br /> chronically homeless in Decatur and Macon County. Of these, Oasis staff identified 110 <br /> persons, and the MISA Team identified 63. <br /> Pa�e 9 <br />