CCK Fields not Displaying on Input Form

When I view the input form (i.e., non-adminstrative user viewing the form), only the title field and buttons are displayed.

While I have read several posts with similar issues, none of the solutions have worked for me (I have spent days trying to resolve this issue and have to think I am missing something obvious). I have an installation of Acquia Drupal with relatively few module groups enabled (Administration, CCK, Views, ImageCache, Date/Time) and a handful of other very common modules (Databases logging, Help, Menu, Path, PHP Filter, Taxonomy, Advanced help, Pathauto, Token). I have also installed Event and Signup (neither is related to this content type).

I have created a content type with the CCK Module, and created several fields on the Manage Fields tab and made sure that no exclude were checked on the Display Fields tab. I have also ensured that authenticated users have permission to add data for the content type. I have tried using the default form and creating a template for the form (with and without fields redefinition). Here is the output from one of the CCK fields I created (calling the print_r function from the custom template):

            [field_hours_worked] => Array
                (
                    [field_name] => field_hours_worked
                    [type_name] => contest
                    [display_settings] => Array
                        (
                            [weight] => 2
                            [parent] => 
                            [label] => Array
                                (
                                    [format] => above
                                )

                            [teaser] => Array
                                (
                                    [format] => default
                                    [exclude] => 0
                                )

                            [full] => Array
                                (
                                    [format] => default
                                    [exclude] => 0
                                )

                            [4] => Array
                                (
                                    [format] => default
                                    [exclude] => 0
                                )

                            [token] => Array
                                (
                                    [format] => default
                                    [exclude] => 0
                                )

                        )

                    [widget_active] => 1
                    [type] => number_decimal
                    [required] => 1
                    [multiple] => 0
                    [db_storage] => 1
                    [module] => number
                    [active] => 1
                    [locked] => 0
                    [columns] => Array
                        (
                            [value] => Array
                                (
                                    [type] => numeric
                                    [precision] => 10
                                    [scale] => 2
                                    [not null] => 
                                    [sortable] => 1
                                )

                        )

                    [prefix] => 
                    [suffix] => 
                    [min] => 
                    [max] => 
                    [allowed_values] => 
                    [allowed_values_php] => 
                    [precision] => 10
                    [scale] => 2
                    [decimal] => .
                    [widget] => Array
                        (
                            [default_value] => Array
                                (
                                    [0] => Array
                                        (
                                            [value] => 
                                            [_error_element] => default_value_widget][field_hours_worked][0][value
                                        )

                                )

                            [default_value_php] => 
                            [label] => Hours Worked
                            [weight] => 2
                            [description] => The number of collective hours worked for your company in the selected month and year.
                            [type] => number
                            [module] => number
                        )

                )

I am new to Drupal, so please let me know if I am missing any critical information.

Thanks,
Chris