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Parks, Facilities, Staffing & Budgeting Benchmarking Report for ORPA <br /> Computing results by means and medians — The mean represents the "average" of a group of <br /> numbers. The median represents the mid -point of a group of numbers. With small lists of <br /> numbers (100 or less) it is often useful to show both the mean and the median as just a few <br /> numbers can dramatically influence the mean. Throughout this report, we have frequently used <br /> the mean and median to provide further analysis of the data. <br /> Best practices — Best practices is a term that indicates a particular organization "excels" in a <br /> particular area and/or has the maximum number of facilities (i.e. baseball fields, softball fields, <br /> playgrounds, etc.) in an area. For example, all 39 responding ORPA members manage parkland. <br /> The best practices provider, i.e. the community that manages the most parkland per 1,000 <br /> residents has 113.71.acres per 1,000 residents. This is far in excess of the average or "mean" of <br /> all 39 communities at 16.17 acres of parkland per 1,000 residents. Throughout this report, we <br /> provide examples of "best practices" providers in specific parks, trails, and facilities areas. <br /> Looking at your agency in relationship to the mean, median and best practices (maximum) <br /> numbers for a particular park, facility, budget category, etc. is one good way to evaluate your <br /> position in the market place. <br /> The following pages summarize major survey findings. <br /> NOTE: The benchmarking data contained in this report is proprietary intellectual <br /> property of ETC Institute/Leisure Vision. Any reproduction of the benchmarking <br /> information in this report by persons or organizations not directly affiliated with the <br /> Oregon Recreation and Park Association is not authorized without written consent from <br /> Leisure Vision/ETC Institute. <br /> Leisure Vision 3 <br />