Development Application part 10 of 10 Community Study - MCU13/0092

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Statistical Significance

The sample size of 100 completed interviews, the randomness of selection and

the diligence of the interviewers to include households and businesses from the

eight areas, provided a representative sample of the Peregian Beach community.


Due to this randomness of the selection of the sample and the size of the sample

in comparison to the total population, the totals in the sample are statistically valid

and provide a Confidence Interval of 95% indicating the ’true’ value of the results

is either +/- 2 5%.




Sample Coverage

The 2011 Census information for this area states a population of some 3500

permanent residents consisting of 1900 private dwellings.



o     100 completed interviews were obtained from residents, rate payers and

      business operators

o     20 of those completed interviews included local business operators. These

      included retailers, professional and service providers

o     2 of the business operators also resided at Peregian Beach