Australia has developed a General Purpose Water Accounting (GPWA)reporting system in an effort to provide a financial accounting of water use in the country. The perceptions of potential users of the reports (e.g., water resource managers) were investigated in Accounting, Auditing &  Accountability Journal (Vol. 29, 2016). Each in a sample of 36 potential users of GPWA reports was asked to complete a survey. Two key survey questions (with possible responses) were as follows:

Q1: Should there be national standards for water reporting? (Yes, No, or Undecided)

Q2: How useful will the GPWA reports be for water users? (1- to 5-point scale, where 1 = not useful at all and 5 = very useful)

The data (simulated from results reported in the journal article) for the 36 potential users are listed in the next table. For those users who believe there should be national standards, give a range that is likely to contain the user’s answer to Q2.

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User 123456700 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 1828282858285286 19 20 23 24 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Q1 Yes Yes Yes Yes Undecided Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Undecided Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Undecided Undecided Yes Yes Undecided Yes Yes Q2 5 الالبان تشاندرا درا درا و دنا ديا الامل ال ال ال ال ديال الى الى الى ال لا لا لا 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 2 5