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Hello again Ireland,

Below are the results of my monthly national performance poll (administered around the 20th of each month), which independently measures and tracks public perception of performance for the following:

1) Ireland as a whole (i.e. both government and society)
2) The CP
3) All head ministers
4) Congress (omitted this month)

The purpose of this poll is not to single any individuals out for their positive or negative performance, but rather to encourage personal reflection and provide a little extra motivation for everyone to perform to the best of their ability no matter what role they play in our community.





RAFFLE WINNERS

First things first. Gold prizes were offered to those who completed this poll. Winners were determined by assigning each eligible survey-taker a number based on the order they took the survey, and then generating random numbers in the same range via the random number generator at http://www.random.org/. Only current Irish citizens who indicated that they wished to participate in the raffle were considered eligible.





1-gold prize winners (5):
Patrick O’leary
Paddy Obrien
darragh1995
Frank Dobbs
Gruzz

5-gold prize winner (1):
Tobias McKinney


Congratulations to all of the winners!!!


SPONSORS

In addition to recognizing the winners of the raffle, it is also important to recognize the heroes who donated their own gold to help sponsor this month’s raffle prizes. Between them, this month’s private donors provided over 12 gold to the raffle fund (part of which will be used to sponsor next month’s survey). If this level of giving continues next month we will have to increase the prize money! I’m thrilled to see that I’m not the only one out there who is interested in making this survey a success.





Rikian1776 (10 gold donation)
Note: this donation will be used to sponsor the grand prize for the next two surveys.

AD31 (1 gold donation)

Gerald Smyth (1 gold donation)

EmperorPalpatine (0.5 gold donation)


THANK YOU ALL!!!

If you would like to help sponsor the next survey, please PM me (Stilpo) to make arrangements. You can either (1) donate directly to me or (2) I can give you the name of a winner and you can make the donation yourself! In either case you will be listed publicly as a sponsor (minimum donation 0.5 gold).

NOTE: A record of all past sponsors (and winners), including cumulative totals for each individual, can be viewed in this Google doc.





PROFILE OF PARTICIPANTS

Before you continue to the results of the poll it is very important to understand the makeup of those who took the poll. Both the number and diversity of survey-takers can have a significant effect on the validity and reliability of the results, as well the way in which specific results are interpreted.

I am thrilled to announce that this month we had excellent turnout with 37 individuals completing the poll. That is more than double the participants we had last month! Moreover, the responses we got were very diverse, with 7 Irish parties and more than 6 Irish MUs being represented. Also included in the analysis are responses from 6 participants who were not current Irish citizens but considered themselves to be an active part of the Irish community. IF any multi-attempts were suspected from the meta-data that was collected from each user (i.e. IP address; browser info) their responses were excluded from the final analysis.

PARTY breakdown


MU breakdown


EXPERIENCE breakdown


CURRENT ACTIVITY breakdown






NOTES ON INTERPRETATION

Star scale: Unless otherwise specified (as in the individual congress member ratings), all performance evaluation judgments were made on a 5-star rating scale with 1/2-star increments.
5 stars = extremely satisfied
2.5 stars = neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
0 stars = extremely dissatisfied

Box plots Most analyses this month make use of box plots, which I find to be much more informative than simple means.

Below is a simple visual explanation of a box plot.





Note:In the below analysis, if the sample size is small enough and/or the responses are skewed enough, the whiskers may not be visible because they fall on the same point as the edge of the box. If no box appears around the median, this means that the overwhelming majority of responses fell on exactly that point (or there was only one response in that group).





RESULTS: IRELAND AS A WHOLE

We will start our analysis with evaluations of the country as a whole. Below are the results of how survey-takers thought we were doing overall this month, as well ratings as on 4 specific criteria (explained below). These criteria were based on the results of the May 2013 brainstorming survey in which participants were asked to give the most important criterion by which the country should be judged as successful.








In addition, I also thought it might be interesting to see how our perception of Irish unity this month breaks down by party. There was nothing too dramatic in the results (below), but it could be interesting to some.





Comments: Free-comments for this and other sections can be found in-full here.


Category Key
Reputation: being respected by friends and enemies; having many friends; having an effective military force; being seen as loyal and honorable; contributing to alliances; feeling a sense of pride to be Irish; having an influence in world affairs
Independence: being free of foreign influence; avoiding foreign PTO; controlling our own regions
Activity: being economically and socially productive, having fun, publishing many newspaper articles, having lively and constructive debates, accomplishing social goals; retaining new players
Unity: working together effectively as a society; minimizing internal divisions and personal feuds; being civil with each other





RESULTS: COUNTRY PRESIDENT

Next we will focus on the performance of the CP. Like the country, the CP was also rated both on overall performance as well as on four specific performance criteria that are essential to the CP’s job description (based on responses to the May 2013 brainstorming survey).











Comments: Free-comments for this and other sections can be found in-full here.


Category Key
Leadership & effectiveness: bringing people together; inspiring activity and enthusiasm in ministers and community; organizing government effectively; being proactive; having clear priorities and goals; implementing pragmatic and effective strategies
Activity & reliability: effort; dedication; self-sacrifice; being consistently available to ministers and public; keeping up to date and being responsive to the latest world and community events
Communication & openness: keeping ministers, congress and public informed of government business; being open to new ideas; being diplomatic and civil; building relationships with world and community leaders
Integrity & honor: honesty, trustworthiness, honor, putting Ireland first





RESULTS: CABINET

In addition to the CP, each head minister of the current administration was rated on their overall performance this month (below).




Explanations of each government position can be found here

Comments: Free-comments for this and other sections can be found in-full here.





RESULTS: CONGRESS

N/A (no congress this month).





RESULTS: BONUS SECTION

In this month’s bonus section, Irish citizens had the opportunity to rank traits of a good CP candidate. The entire ranked list of traits is included below, as well as the top and bottom traits as voted by each participating party.

Pease keep in mind that these are relative orderings. Just because a trait appears at the bottom of the list doesn’t mean it’s a trait to avoid – only that other traits are considered relatively more important.

NOTE: One trait that I failed to include in the list that several people mentioned in the free comments section (and one that I also feel is very important) is non-partisanship. Although this trait may be represented indirectly by some of the other traits (e.g. practicality), it still should have been included in the list.

Overall priorities (all parties)

#1 Honor & integrity
#2 Activity & reliability
#3 Competence
#4 Vision & foresight
#5 Responsibility & emotional maturity
#6 Ability to organize government effectively
#7 Communication frequency
#8 Diplomatic & interpersonal skills
#9 Flexibility & open-mindedness
#10 Ability to motivate and lead countrymen
#11 Confidence and decisiveness
#12 Good minister choices
#13 Productivity & follow-through
#14 Experience
#15 Practical-mindedness
#16 Innovation & creativity
#17 Irish identity
#18 Transparency
#19 Ambition & boldness
#20 Empathy & caring
#21 Strong leadership style
#22 Respect for tradition & elders
#23 Populist mentality
#24 Ideology

ILP priorities (8 respondents)
#1 Activity & reliability
#2 Communication frequency
#3 Honor & integrity
#4 Minister choice
#5 Ability to organize government effectively
.
#22 Ideology
#23 Tradition & respect for elders
#24 Strong leadership style

EA priorities (4 respondents)
#1 Competence
#2 Honor & integrity
#3 Responsibility & emotional maturity
#4 Practical-mindedness
#5 Ability to organize government effectively
.
#22 Ambition & boldness
#23 Irish Identity
#24 Ideology

IFP priorities (4 respondents)
#1 Honor & integrity
#2 Ability to organize government effectively
#3 Competence
#4 Vision & foresight
#5 Productivity & follow-through
.
#22 Strong leadership style
#23 Ideology
#24 Populist mentality

LP priorities (1 respondent)
#1 Competence
#2 Activity
#3 Practical-mindedness
#4 Vision & foresight
#5 Honor & integrity
.
#22 Populist mentality
#23 Irish identity
#24 Ideology

IV priorities (1 respondent)
#1 Empathy & caring
#2 Flexibility & open-mindedness
#3 Transparency
#4 Communication frequency
#5 Responsibility & emotional maturity
.
#22 Strong leadership style
#23 Ideology
#24 Populism

SUI priorities (5 respondents)
#1 Activity & reliability
#2 Communication frequency
#3 Diplomatic & interpersonal skills
#4 Competence
#5 Vision & foresight
.
#22 Respect for tradition & elders
#23 Strong leadership style
#24 Empathy & caring

GWP priorities (1 respondent)
#1 Confidence & decisiveness
#2 Responsibility & emotional maturity
#3 Irish Identity
#4 Ambition & boldness
#5 Diplomatic & interpersonal skills
.
#22 Strong leadership style
#23 Ideology
#24 Empathy & caring

UNAFFILIATED respondents’ priorities (6 respondents)
#1 Honor & integrity
#2 Experience
#3 Ability to motivate countrymen
#4 Responsibility & emotional maturity
#5 Competence
.
#22 Respect for tradition & elders
#23 Practical-mindedness
#24 Transparency


Comments: Free-comments for this and other sections can be found in-full here.





Well, that’s it for this survey. If you have any questions please let me know. You may also request to review the data in-depth for yourself, although any such data will have identifying information such as profile links removed.

Thanks for reading!


Regards,
Stilpo





LIST OF PREVIOUS SURVEYS:

[May 2013] National Performance Poll #1

[Nov 2013] Saoirse party performance survey
[Nov 2012] Government roles and responsibilities Survey
[Oct 2012] Policy opinion survey
[Oct 2012] Desirable traits for congress members