societies are shown in question seven on the first page of the questionnaire. 

 Because of the large membership overlap among these societies, it is 

 estimated that approximately 30,000 individuals received questionnaires 

 through this mailing. In addition, each of TIE's 75 founding institutions 

 received 100 questionnaires for distribution. Another 2,500 questionnaires 

 were distributed to individuals or organizations who requested them from 

 'I'TE on the basis of announcements which appeared in several technical and 

 profess iona I jmirna 1 s . 



Tlio disLrihuLion of questionnaires was begun on 3 December 1972 and 

 was completed by 22 December 1972. 



Over 6,100 responses were received in the first month, 8,500 by the 

 second month and a total of 9,200 by the third month. For purposes of 

 directory development and publication, the 9th of February was chosen as 

 the cut-off date, for acceptance of directory inputs. Responses received 

 after that date will be input into subsequent directories. 



Computer Processing 



Beginning I February 1973, the survey questionnaires were transferred 

 Co EDP tape by EISO in a machine-readable format. That is, no numerical 

 or other codes were used to translate the questionnaire's information; the 

 respondent's exact words were used in preparing the EDP files. 



Publication Plans 



Rciause o( the large volume of responses to the survey, four decisions 

 were madf jointly by OCE auJ I'EE at the third committee meeting on 

 10 January 1973 : 



1) Selection of Date for Publication : Only half of the survey data 

 would be included in the publication, as shown in Figure 2. 



2) Cross-Reference Tables : The publication was to be organized to 

 include a basic statement about each respondent, to be contained in about 

 1/3 to 1/4 of a page, and a series of cross-reference or index tables to 

 provide ready access to the basic statement. 



The basic statement, which is now designated as Table 1 of the directory, 



was to contain 16 items of data about each respondent, organized in a uniform 



format. This information is designed to give an overall picture of the 

 respondent, and to facilitate selection of a consultant. 



3) Consultants to OCE : The committee decided to include in the 

 directory only those individuals who had indicated an interest in working 

 with the Corps of Engineers. To implement this decision, the committee 

 used an internal criterion: the respondent's expressed interest in working 

 with the Corps of Engineers as evidenced through his/her answers to Question 

 15. 



