W EEKLY EDITION JUNE 6, 2018
2018 Industry Survey Reveals Progress, Prosperity, and Growing
Concerns …continued
By Karleen Kos, PSAI Executive Director
For comparison, results in prior years have been the following:
This year we added features that allowed us to determine how
many separate companies responded. Data showed that 23
firms had more than one respondent, and some had many. All
of this feedback is valuable, but it is essential that we make
adjustments in our interpretation of the data to ensure that no
company – or small group of companies – disproportionately
impacts our understanding of the industry as a whole.
Consequently, the following steps have been taken:
1. The data from multiple same - firm respondents has been
averaged so that each company has just one data set
contributing to quantitative items.
2. Information that follows in this report is based on this
company - level data analysis.
3. Individual feedback to all open - ended comments from
all respondents has been reviewed for themes that are
reported in this summary. All comments from
individuals, regardless of company affiliation, will be
shared with the Board and relevant committees as
submitted.
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42
39
47
128
81
93
67
0
50
100
150
200
2014 2015 2016 2017
Prior Year Responses
Complete
Partial
123
132
114
CONGRATULATIONS
JIM PHILLIPS
of Pr airie Pots in El Dorado, Kansas!
He is the winner of the drawing
for 2 free registrations to
Nuts and Bolts in November!
175
71
49%
15
10%
4
3%
1
1%
3
2%
51
35%
Companies
144 Entities
Operators Suppliers Both Op/Sup
Broker Other Not specified
