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191001-363513-2D
19-NGI3-74
N/A
10/1/2019
2020-12-31 0:0:0
Completed
$15,072.00
Social Science Applications for Coastal Resiliency (SSACR)
Myers
Laura
DISL
Coastal Hazards CH
NWS
The Social Science Applications for Coastal Resiliency (SSACR) curriculum was developed and delivered as a week-long course to weather, water, environmental, and emergency management professionals working in various NOAA programs and offices. Participants learned about the structure and methodologies of applied social science research that complements the needs of the weather and water enterprises to incorporate human factors analysis. The course included readings followed by lectures and discussion about the nature of social science research, the ethics of such research, statistics used in data analysis, the tools and techniques used by social scientists, case examples, and how reliability and validity are addressed in various methods. Applied examples covered the societal understanding of water, heavy downpour events, mudslides, debris flows, droughts, and water quality. Preparing NOAA staff to think about how to pursue data and evidence about human behavior in the pursuit of their scientific duties in collaboration with social scientists will enhance their operations.
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