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Appendix 1-4: The Surveys
Appendix 1-4: The Surveys
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One institution, Rockefeller University, had an organizational structure that seemed very different from the traditional notion of a "department." This school was not included in the survey. As a first step, the committee consulted the institutions' Web sites and identified the names of the six programs.
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Discipline Responded Sample Percent Biological sciences 76 87 87 Chemistry 76 87 87 Civil engineering 55 69 80 Electrical engineering 59 77 77 Mathematics 74 86 86 Physics 77 86 90 To generate the faculty sample, the committee collected faculty rosters, for assistant, associate, and full professors, at each of the 492 departments. This was done by consulting each department's Web site for a faculty list.
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Recently hired faculty may not have been added to Web sites, while faculty who have left positions might not have been removed. Faculty may have received promotions that have yet to be reflected on departmental Web sites.
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. The most frequent problem was that the data on the departmental Web sites was incorrect; usually out of date.
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. Overall, 41 men and 50 women or 24 professors, 29 associate professors, and 38 assistant professors were removed.
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Additionally, 1,278 filled out the survey, while 69 individuals responded by refusing to complete the survey.
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APPENDIXES Respondents (Including Those Who Responded by Refusing) Associate Assistant Department Gender Professor Professor Professor Total Biology Male 46 33 34 113 Female 49 44 31 124 Total Chemistry Male 51 34 32 117 Female 39 41 32 112 Total Civil Male 40 38 26 104 engineering Female 31 48 48 127 Total Electrical Male 35 31 42 108 engineering Female 40 39 31 110 Total Mathematics Male 44 25 25 94 Female 35 36 27 98 Total Physics Male 50 34 30 114 Female 41 34 51 126 Total 0 Total 501 437 409
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• 396 individuals did not respond. The response rate for the survey (number of completed questionnaires divided by number of valid sample elements)
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