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Timeline for The National Citizen SurveyTM <br />Finalize survey materials <br />Postcard mails 2nd wave mails <br />Data collection ends Reports finalized <br />1st wave mails Draft reports received <br />0 0 0 0 0 0 0 <br />Jul 23 Jul 30 Aug 6 Aug 13 Aug 20 Aug 27 Sep 3 Sep 10 Sep 17 Sep 24 Oct 1 Oct 8 Oct 15 Oct 22 <br />Item Date <br />Preparing for the Survey <br />4 Due to NRC: Zip code information and GIS boundary data Jul 9 <br />4 Invoice for add -on options Jul 16 <br />O NRC finalizes the survey instrument and mailing materials and sends .pdf samples for your records Jul 23 <br />O NRC generates the sample of households in your community <br />O NRC prints materials and prepares mailings <br />4 Due to NRC: Selection of custom benchmark profile(s) (if custom benchmark add -on selected) <br />Conducting the survey <br />O Survey materials are mailed <br />O Prenotification postcards sent <br />O 1st wave of surveys sent <br />O 2nd wave of surveys sent <br />O Data collection: surveys received and processed for your community <br />Jul 16 to Jul 23 <br />Jul 30 <br />Jul 30 <br />Aug 6 to Aug 20 <br />Aug 6 <br />Aug 13 <br />Aug 20 <br />Aug 13 to Sep 17 <br />During this time, you will receive postcards that were undeliverable due to bad addresses, or vacant housing units. This is <br />O normal. Please count all the postcards, as we will subtract the number of returned postcards from the total number mailed to <br />estimate the number of "eligible" households in calculating the final response rate. <br />4 Due to NRC: Final count of returned postcards Sep 17 <br />O Survey analysis and report writing Sep 17 to Oct 8 <br />During this time, NRC will process the surveys, perform the data analysis, and produce a draft report for your community. The <br />report of results will contain a description of the methodology, information on understanding the results, and graphs and tables <br />of your results, as well as a description of NRC's database of normative data from across the U.S. and actual comparisons to <br />your results, where appropriate. <br />NRC emails draft report (in PDF format) to you along with invoice for balance due on The NCS Basic <br />Service and any additional add -on options <br />F <br />4 <br />Due to NRC: community feedback on the draft report (most final reports are identical to the draft reports, <br />except being labeled as final instead of draft) <br />F NRC emails final report and data file to you Oct 22 <br />Oct 8 <br />Oct 15 <br />Legend <br />+Indicates when items from NRC are due to you +Indicates when items from you are due to NRC ()Indicates information items <br />