The survey methodology field is still seen by many as a tool merely for answering questions about a population. Since the profession could play a major role in an information-dependent world, practitioners need to master some theoretical and technical knowledge to become competent professionals. A profession is created only when there is full-time performance of an occupational function, establishment of a school not connected to a university, formation of a local and a national professional organization, enactment of a licensing law and development of formal code of ethics.