Responses were sought from a sample comparable to the
population on whom the instrument would be used. Thus, respondents
were selected through purposive rather than random
sampling. Respondents were drawn from a variety of primarily
public sector backgrounds: in-service MPA students; public
affairs undergraduates; business executives; department heads in
a municipal government; social work graduate students; sheriffs'
deputies; university employees; social service and natural
resources department employees from a state government; county
government employees; and management employees at a federal
defense installation. There were 376 usable responses.