The questionnaire had two sections. The first section
investigated socio-economic characteristics of farmers, and the
second section investigated farmers’ opinions about optimum
water management, using a six-level scale of measurement
(none= 0 to very much= 5). Data collected were analyzed
using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS17).
Beside descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation), to
categorize effective factors in optimum agricultural water resource
management, factor analysis was used. To classify
respondents, the below formulation was used (Feli et al., 2007).
A ¼ weak : A < Mean SD
B ¼ average : Mean SD B Mean
C ¼ good : Mean < C Mean þ SD
D ¼ excellent : Mean þ SD > D