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Appendix A: Study Methodology
Appendix A: Study Methodology
Pages 67-74
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To obtain data on the willingness of Ph.D.s to consider positions in K-12 science and mathematics education and on the various conditions that might enhance their recruitment, OSEP staff conducted a national survey of graduate students and postdoctorates. To inform development of the survey questionnaire, staff conducted five focus groups on career aspirations and perceptions of K-12 science and mathematics education careers with advanced graduate students and recent Ph.D.s.
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SURVEY OF GRADUATE STUDENTS AND RECENT PH.D.S The survey was fielded in July and August 1999 to a national sample of 2,000 graduate students and recent Ph.D.s stratified by field of study. This survey gathered data on demographic characteristics, short-term and long-term career aspirations, salary expectations, and conditions under which respondents would consider employment-in secondary school education.
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The sample was stratified into life science and physical science/mathematics categories using proportional allocation with proportionality based on the number of graduate students in physical science/mathematics and life science departments as listed in the 1993 Research-Doctorate Programs appendixes. A t~vo-stage sampling frame (with replacement)
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Physics 168 95 135 26 146 According to Research-Doctorate Programs, there were an estimated 30,500 life science and 37,594 natural science and mathematics graduate students in the identified departments in 1993. Life science departments had an average of 32.6 graduate students while physical science/mathematics departments had an average of 65.9 graduate students.
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To test whether there was a nonresponse bias, NRC staff conducted a telephone survey with a random sample of nonrespondents. Nonrespondent candidates were selected using systematic sampling from a listing of nonrespondents, a method of selection designed to ensure that the sample was representative of all nonrespondents.
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The goal of these telephone interviews was not to obtain scientifically accurate survey data. The goal of these interviews was to provide background for and insights to the data collected through The Survey of Graduate Students and Recent Ph.D.s.
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In addition, telephone interviews were conducted with graduate deans to ascertain the kinds of programmatic changes required in graduate education to prepare Ph.D.s for careers teaching in secondary schools. A professional skilled in in-depth interviewing conducted all of these interviews.
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