- Introduction
- Adult Literacy and Lifeskills Survey (ALL)
- Academic Libraries Survey (ALS)
- Baccalaureate and Beyond (B&B) Longitudinal Study
- Beginning Postsecondary Students (BPS) Longitudinal Study
- Beginning Teacher Longitudinal Study(BTLS)
- Common Core of Data (CCD)
- Current Population Survey (CPS)
- Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B)
- Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998‑99 (ECLS‑K)
- Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2010–11 (ECLS‑K:2011)
- Educational Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS 2002)
- Quick Response Information System (FRSS/PEQIS)
- High School and Beyond (HS&B) Longitudinal Study
- High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09)
- High School Transcript Studies (HSTS)
- International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS)
- Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)
- Middle Grades Longitudinal Study of 2017– 18 (MGLS:2017)
- National Assessment of Adulty Literacy (NAAL)
- National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
- National Adult Literacy Survey (NALS)
- National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS 88)
- National Household Education Survey Program (NHES)
- National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1982 (NLS 72)
- National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS)
- National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF)
- National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS)
- Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC)
- Progress In International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS)
- Program For International Student Assessment (PISA)
- Private School Universe Survey (PSS)
- School and Staffing Survey (SASS)
- SASS Principal Follow-Up Survey (PFS)
- SASS School Library Media Center Survey (SLS)
- SASS Teacher Follow-up Survey (TFS)
- Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED)
- Overview
- Uses of Data
- Key Concepts
- Survey Design
- Data Quality and Comparability
- Contact Information
- Methodology and Evaluation Reports
- SED Website
- Download PDF
- Crime and Safety Surveys (SCS & SSOCS)
- Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS)
- Trends In International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)
Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED)
7. Methodology and evaluation Reports
Methodology is also discussed in the data sources and limitations sections and in the technical notes sections of many of the resources listed below.
General
National Opinion Research Center. (n.d.). Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED). Available at http://www.norc.org/Research/Projects/Pages/survey-of-earned-doctorates-(sed).aspx.
National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics. (2012). Survey Descriptions: Survey of Earned Doctorates, Overview. Arlington, VA: Author. Available at http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvydoctorates/.
National Science Foundation. (2012). Doctorate Recipients from U.S. Universities: 2011 (NSF 13-301). Arlington, VA: Author. Available at https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED541295.pdf
Thurgood, L., Golladay, M. and Hill, S. (2006). U.S. Doctorates in the 20th Century: Special Report (NSF 06-319). Arlington, VA: National Science Foundation. Retrieved April 4, 2013 from http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf06319/.
Survey Design
National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics. (2010). Survey of Earned Doctorates Abbreviated Methodology Report 2009. Unpublished report. Arlington, VA: Author. Available upon request: lmilan@nsf.gov.
Data Quality and Comparability
Falkenheim, J. and Fiegener, M. (2008). Science Resource Statistics Info Brief: 2007 Records Fifth Consecutive Annual Increase in U.S. Doctoral Awards (NSF 09-307). Arlington, VA: National Science Foundation. Retrieved April 4, 2013 from http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf09307/nsf09307.pdf.
Fiegener, M. (2010). Science Resource Statistics Info Brief: Numbers of Doctorates Awarded Continue to Grow in 2009; Indicators of Employment Outcomes Mixed (NSF 11-305). Arlington, VA: National Science Foundation. Retrieved April 4, 2013 from http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf11305/nsf11305.pdf
Fiegener, M. (2011). NCSES National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics Info Brief: Numbers of Doctorates Awarded in the United States Declined in 2010 (NSF 12-303). Arlington, VA: National Science Foundation. Retrieved April 4, 2013 from http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf12303/nsf12303.pdf
Henderson, P., Clarke, J., and Woods, C. (1998). Summary Report 1996: Doctorate Recipients from United States Universities (SRS 97-337). Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press. (The report gives the results of data collected in the Survey of Earned Doctorates, sponsored by five federal agencies: NSF, NIH, NEH, U.S. Dept. of Ed., and USDA and conducted by the NRC.) Retrieved on April 4, 2013 from http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/doctorates/pdf/sed1996.pdf.
Hill, S. (2003). Science and Engineering Doctorate Awards: 2002 (NSF 04-303). Arlington, VA: National Science Foundation, Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences. Retrieved April 4, 2013 from http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf04303/pdfstart.htm.
Hill, S. (2006). Science Resource Statistics Info Brief: S&E Doctorates Hit All-Time High in 2005 (NSF 07-301). Arlington, VA: National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics. Retrieved April 5, 2013 from http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf07301/nsf07301.pdf.
Hoffer, T., Dugoni, B., Sanderson, A., Sederstrom, S., Welch, V., Guzman-Barron, I., and Brown, S. (2002). Doctorate Recipients from United States Universities: Summary Report 2001 (SRS 03-328). Chicago, IL: National Opinion Research Center. (The report gives the results of data collected in the Survey of Earned Doctorates, conducted for six Federal agencies, NSF, NIH, USED, NEH, USDA, and NASA by NORC.) Retrieved April 4, 2013 from http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/doctorates/pdf/sed2001.pdf.
Hoffer, T., Hess, M., Welch, V., and Williams, K. (2007). Doctorate Recipients from United States Universities: Summary Report 2006 (SRS 09-321). Chicago, IL: National Opinion Research Center. (The report gives the results of data collected in the Survey of Earned Doctorates, conducted for six federal agencies, NSF, NIH, USED, NEH, USDA, and NASA by NORC.) Retrieved April 4, 2013 from http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/doctorates/pdf/sed2006.pdf
Hoffer, T., Selfa, L., Welch, V., Williams, K., Hess, M., Friedman, J., Reyes, S., Webber, K., and Guzman-Barron, I. (2004). Doctorate Recipients from United States Universities: Summary Report 2003 (SRS 05-323).Chicago, IL: National Opinion Research Center. (The report gives the results of data collected in the Survey of Earned Doctorates, conducted for six Federal agencies, NSF, NIH, USED, NEH, USDA, and NASA by NORC.) Retrieved April 4, 2013 from http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/doctorates/pdf/sed2003.pdf.
National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics. (n.d.). NSF Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED) Tabulation Engine: About the Survey of Earned Doctorates. Arlington, VA. Available at https://ncses.norc.org/NSFTabEngine/#SED_OVERVIEW.
National Science Foundation. (1995) Selected Data on Science and Engineering Doctorate Awards: 1994 (NSF 95-337). Arlington, VA: Author. Retrieved April 3, 2013 from http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/s4094/.
National Science Foundation. (1996). Selected Data on Science and Engineering Doctorate Awards: 1995 (NSF 96-303). Arlington, VA: Author. Retrieved April 4, from http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/s4095/.
National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics. (2008). Science and Engineering Doctorate Awards: 2006 Detailed Statistical Tables (NSF 09-311). Arlington, VA. Available at http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf09311/.
National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics. (2010). Science and Engineering Degrees, by Race/Ethnicity of Recipients: 1997–2006, Detailed Statistical Tables (NSF 10-300). Arlington, VA. Available at http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf10300/.
National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics. (2012). Doctorate Recipients from U.S. Universities: 2011 (NSF 13-301). Arlington, VA: Author. Available at https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED541295.pdf.
National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics. (2013). WebCASPAR Integrated Science and Engineering Resources Data System: WebCASPAR Home. Arlington, VA. Available at https://webcaspar.nsf.gov/index.jsp?subHeader=WebCASPARHome.
Sanderson, A. and Dugoni, B. (1999). Summary Report 1997: Doctorate Recipients from United States Universities (SRS 99-359). Chicago, IL: National Opinion Research Center. (The report gives the results of data collected in the Survey of Earned Doctorates, sponsored by five federal agencies: NSF, NIH, NEH, USED, and USDA, and conducted by NORC.) Retrieved on April 4, 2013 from http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/doctorates/pdf/sed1997.pdf.
Sanderson, A., Dugoni, B., Hoffer, T., and Myers, S. (2000). Doctorate Recipients from United States Universities: Summary Report 1999. Chicago, IL: National Opinion Research Center. (The report gives the results of data collected in the Survey of Earned Doctorates, conducted for six Federal agencies, NSF, NIH, USED, NEH, USDA, and NASA by NORC.) Retrieved April 4, 2013 from http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/doctorates/pdf/sed1999.pdf.
Sanderson, A., Dugoni, B., Hoffer, T., and Selfa, L. (1999). Doctorate Recipients from United States Universities: Summary Report 1998 (SRS 00-331). Chicago, IL: National Opinion Research Center. (The report gives the results of data collected in the Survey of Earned Doctorates, conducted for five Federal agencies, NSF, NIH, NEH, USED, and USDA, by NORC.) Retrieved April 4, 2013 from http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/doctorates/pdf/sed1998.pdf.
National Science Board. (2012). Science and Engineering Indicators 2012 (NSB 12-01). Arlington VA: National Science Foundation. Available at http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind12/.
National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics. (2011). Science and Engineering Degrees: 1966–2008 Detailed Statistical Tables (NSF 11-316). Arlington, VA. Available at http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf11316/.
National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics. (2013). Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering: 2013 Special Report (NSF 13-304). Arlington, VA. Available at http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/wmpd/.