Survey Development Timetables

==Timetable for Major Surveys<ref name="Department of the Air Force">Department of the Air Force. (October 1974). A Guide for the Development of the Attitude Opinion Survey. Washington, D.C., pp. 16-17.</ref>==

(Calendar Day in parentheses)

1. Deliver to printer (1)
2. Printing completed (14)
3. Receipt of questionnaire by local surveying activities (24)
4. Receipt of survey questionnaires by respondents (30)
5. Six-week administration period ends (75)
6. Answer sheets or completed questionnaires returnedby respondents (80)
7. Receive completed answer sheets by data reductionactivity (90)
8. Initial results available (100)

Timetable for Surveys With Expedited Printing and Direct Mailing to Respondents<ref name="Department of the Air Force"/>

(Calendar Day in parentheses)

1. Printing completed (1)
2. Receipt of survey questionnaires by respondents (17)
3. First of questionnaires returned to surveyor (27)
4. Follow-up letters sent (37)
5. Final set of questionnaires returned to surveyor (50)

References

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