Measuring the 21st Century Science and Engineering Workforce Population

Evolving Needs

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• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Year: 2018
• eBook ISBN: 9780309469166
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Index: Social Sciences

The National Science Foundations National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES), one of the nations principal statistical agencies, is charged to collect, acquire, analyze, report, and disseminate statistical data related to the science and engineering enterprise in the United States and other nations that is relevant and useful to practitioners, researchers, policymakers, and to the public. NCSES data, based primarily on several flagship surveys, have become the major evidence base for American science and technology policy, and the agency is well respected globally for these data.This report assesses and provides guidance on NCSESs approach to measuring the science and engineering workforce population in the United States. It also proposes a framework for measuring the science and engineering workforce in the next decade and beyond, with flexibility to examine emerging issues related to this unique population while at the same time allowing for stability in the estimation of key trends

Table of contents

• COVER PAGE
• TITLE PAGE
• COPYRIGHT PAGE
• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• SUMMARY
• 1 INTRODUCTION AND FRAMEWORK FOR THE FUTURE
• 2 BACKGROUND ON THE SURVEYS
• 3 EVOLVING DATA NEEDS
• 4 SAMPLE DESIGN AND ESTIMATION PROCEDURES
• 5 DATA COLLECTION AND PROCESSING
• 6 DATA ANALYSIS, DISSEMINATION, AND OUTREACH
• REFERENCES
• APPENDIXES