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National Science Foundation (2002). SESTAT: A Tool for Studying Scientists and Engineers in the United States. Available electronically: www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/nsf99337/secta.htm [September, 2002].

National Research Council (1989). Surveying the Nation’s Scientists and Engineers: A Data System for the 1990s. Panel to Study the NSF Scientific and Technical Personnel Data System, Committee on National Statistics. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.


Westat (2002a). Design Options for SESTAT for the Current Decade: Statistical Issues. Draft report to the Science Resources Statistics Division, U.S. National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.

Westat (2002b). Current and Alternate Sources of Data on the Science, Technical, and Engineering Workforce. Draft report to the Science Resources Statistics Division, U.S. National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.

Westat (2002c). Comparison of the Scientists and Engineers Statistical Data System with the Current Population Survey. Draft report to the Science Resources Statistics Division, U.S. National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.

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The past decade has demonstrated the utility of SESTAT, but the SESTAT design shows some deficiencies with respect to response rates, coverage of populations of interest, and its ability to support some useful analyses. To tackle those deficiencies, NSF has proposed three possible design options for improving the database and asked the National Research Council's Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT) to form the Committee to Review the 2000 Decade Design of the SESTAT.

This is the report of that committee. It presents our understanding of the purposes and characteristics of the SESTAT, applies the criteria we believe are important for assessing design options for the database, provides our recommendation for the best approach to adopt in the 2000 decade, and offers our encouragement to NSF to pursue opportunities to improve the understanding of the numbers and characteristics of scientists and engineers in the United States.

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