Poverty Stoplight (PS) is a nonprofit organization that works to eliminate poverty in vulnerable communities. PS partner organizations deploy an assessment survey that measures one’s poverty level. The Industrial Engineering project analyzed a subset of these partner organizations in relation to the survey to determine which resources and processes partner organizations have that help families move out of poverty more efficiently. We provided recommendations to help improve efficiency between PS and their partner organizations. The Professional Writing project analyzed a PS internal questionnaire’s nonresponse through the lenses of theories that connect survey design and response rate. A new survey and best-practice guide were created for PS by applying the theories of survey design.

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Creator

• Brown, Kayla

Subject

• Well-Being

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 94936
• E-project-032323-205102

Keyword

• survey design
• optimization
• survey nonresponse
• data envelopment analysis
• efficiency analysis
• Poverty Stoplight

Advisor

• Madan, Ryan Smith
• Reichman, Daniel
• Trapp, Andrew C

Year

• 2023

Sponsor

• Katharina Hammler

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 1 - No Poverty
• 3 - Good Health and Well-being
• 10 - Reducing Inequality

Date created

• 2023-03-23

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Industrial Engineering

Source

• E-project-032323-205102

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2023-04-18