This is a final exam paper written by a student in a Science Communication and Public Engagement Masters program and is meant to be a Needs Analysis/Needs Assessment for a targeted audience or demographic. The activity in question was NOT carried out and was only an exercise in exploring how to conduct a Needs Analysis for a community and should not be taken as more than an example of how one might conduct such an assessment for science communication based activity.
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