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Results of a Quantitative Member Survey

Statement of Confidentiality

This survey was conducted on behalf of the AAPG using proven and accepted methods and tactics to protect the anonymity and confidentiality of each and every respondent.

The confidentiality of every participant in the study is of the utmost importance. As indicated on the survey form and in the magazine article that accompanied the survey, this was a strictly confidential survey and none of the participants could be or would be personally identified by their responses. In order to achieve complete anonymity for all participants, the following steps were taken.

First, the research company did not have access to, in any form, the list of AAPG members, their member numbers, nor the circulation records of the Explorer, either in total or as a sample group. Therefore, the research firm had no way to identify any of the respondents or non-respondents by name.

Second, the AAPG and its collective staff has not and will not have access, in any form, to the physical surveys returned to the research firm. Therefore, the AAPG will not have any way to identify individual respondents.

Third, none of the participating parties maintained any records, notes or other forms of tracking regarding which members received a particular survey. Thus, none of the parties have any way to isolate the identity of any particular respondent or nonrespondent.

Fourth, the research company certifies that all of the returned survey forms will be destroyed by a professional destruction firm at the completion of the project and that a receipt of destruction will be provided to the AAPG for its files.

Questions regarding the processes used to conduct this survey should be addressed to:

AMSI
5350 E 46 St, Ste 134
Tulsa, OK 74135 • USA

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