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SECTION 3. METHOD OF ANALYSIS 



Perhaps the hallmark of the public meetings was the tremendous volume 

 of information and recommendations presented by the various represent- 

 atives of national organizations and their local affiliates, of State 

 and local government godies, of academic and research institutions; 

 and by the individuals who spoke only for themselves. 



Attendance was good and varied. Testimony was most frequent from the 

 national organizations and government bodies. Academic institutions 

 and industry were somewhat less involved in testifying, but did pre- 

 sent good information and recommendations. In addition, the involve- 

 ment of individual citizens was most heartening. 



All of these people presented input vital to the Study, and the pub- 

 lic meeting provided the only real forum for them. 



In order that the material presented at the public meetings could be 

 reported with some accuracy, it was important that there be some means 

 for identifying the affiliation of each speaker, and the nature of his 

 statement. 



Accordingly, the first step was to determine the kinds of representa- 

 tion, and the numbers of speakers within each group. After determin- 

 ing categories of speakers, a count was made of the speakers and total 

 attendance within the groupings for all meetings. The four groupings 

 selected are as follow: 



