Title Protecting and accessing data from the survey of earned doctorates : a workshop summary / Thomas J. Plewes, rapporteur ; Committee on National Statistics, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council of the National Academies.

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Washington : National Academies Press, 2010.

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Description	1 online resource (56 pages)
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Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 47-48).
Summary	"The Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED) collects data on the number and characteristics of individuals receiving research doctoral degrees from all accredited U.S. institutions. The results of this annual survey are used to assess characteristics and trends in doctorate education and degrees. This information is vital for education and labor force planners and researchers in the federal government and in academia. To protect the confidentiality of data, new and more stringent procedures were implemented for the 2006 SED data released in 2007. These procedures suppressed many previously published data elements. The organizations and institutions that had previously relied on these data to assess progress in measure of achievement and equality suddenly found themselves without a yardstick with which to measure progress. Several initiatives were taken to address these concerns, including the workshop summarized in this volume. The goal of the workshop was to address the appropriateness of the decisions that SRS made and to help the agency and data users consider future actions that might permit release of useful data while protecting the confidentiality of the survey responses."--Website description.
Contents	Cover13; -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Context for the Protection of Confidential Data -- 3 National Science Foundation Options, Decision, and Impact -- 4 User Requirements -- 5 Ensuring Access and Confidentiality -- 6 Participant Views and Unresolved Issues -- References -- Appendix A: Workshop Agenda and Participants -- Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Steering Committee Members -- Committee on National Statistics.
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Subject	Doctor of philosophy degree -- United States -- Statistics.
	Doctor of philosophy degree.
	United States.
Genre/Form	Statistics.
Subject	Degrees, Academic -- United States -- Statistics.
	Degrees, Academic.
	Statistics -- Government policy -- United States.
	Statistics -- Government policy.
	Statistics.
	Confidential communications -- United States.
	Confidential communications.
	Privacy, Right of -- United States.
	Privacy, Right of.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Electronic books.
	Statistics.
Added Author	National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on National Statistics.
Other Form:	Print version: Plewes, Thomas J. Protecting and accessing data from the survey of earned doctorates. Washington : National Academies Press, 2010 9780309146678 (OCoLC)463283973
ISBN	9780309146685 (electronic book)
	0309146682 (electronic book)
	1282554484
	9781282554481
	0309146674 (paperback)
	9780309146678 (paperback)

Title Protecting and accessing data from the survey of earned doctorates : a workshop summary / Thomas J. Plewes, rapporteur ; Committee on National Statistics, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council of the National Academies.

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