Measuring the Science and Engineering Enterprise

Committee to Assess the Portfolio of The Division of Science Resources Studies of NSF, National Research Council

• 1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1 Introduction; 4 Part I: SRS as a Statistical Agency; 5 2 History and Assessment of SRS; 6 3 Dimensions of Relevance; 7 Part II: Relevant Data for Science Engineering Resources; 8 4 Science and Engineering Human Resources; 9 5 Research and Development: Funding, Performance, and Innovation; 10 6 Recommendations; 11 References; 12 Appendix A: Interview and Focus Group Guides; 13 Appendix B: Agenda, Workshop on Data to Describe Resources for the Changing Science and Engineering Enterprise, September 18-19, 1998, Washington, D.C; 14 Appendix C: Recommendations from Surveying the Nation's Scientists and Engineers (NRC 1989); 15 Appendix D: Alternative Sampling Frames for SRS Personnel Surveys; 16 Appendix E: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members