MINISTRY DRAFT OACETT SURVEY REPORT

Prior to distribution of the questionnaire to the selected sample, a pretest of the electronic format
was conducted by Georgian, OACETT, and CON*NECT. This resulted in minor adjustments to
the program and design.
An email message promoting the survey, and providing a click-able link to the questionnaire, was
sent to 8,096 OACETT members (those with current email addresses in the OACETT member
data base). In an effort to maximize the response rate, OACETT members were also alerted to the
availability of the questionnaire via the OACETT website, through articles describing the project
in the InfOACETT newsletter and in the Ontario Technologist, as well as at presentations at
regional meetings across the province.
1.3 SURVEY SAMPLE
Individual contacts for the survey were provided by OACETT. Theoretically, the survey targeted
all 18,807 OACETT members, together with a strategy for isolating survey respondents who
worked in the automotive parts manufacturing sector. However, this was the largest possible
target group and there was no expectation that every single OACETT member would be aware of
the survey within the agreed-upon two-week response window. A more realistic target group for
consideration was composed of the 8,096 members on the OACETT email distribution list. The
actual target group could reasonably be considered to be somewhere between these two large
groups.
1.4 SURVEY PROCESS AND TIME FRAME
The survey was linked to the OACETT website on May 9 th , 2001. An e-mail message promoting
and requesting participation in the survey, and attaching the link to the server hosting the
questionnaire, was sent to 8,096 OACETT members—those with current email addresses in the
OACETT member database—on May 11th by OACETT. Members were also alerted to the
coming web-site survey through articles describing the project in the InfOACETT newsletter and
in the March/April 2001 issue of the Ontario Technologist, both of which go to all OACETT
members via regular mail.
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