Quick-turnaround list assessment for establishments
A series of quick turnaround short surveys examining lists of institutions that employ postdocs. They assessed the lists’ potential contribution to a postdoc employer sampling frame.
The goal of the interviews were to determine the:
- Proportion of establishments on a given list that employ postdocs (“list eligibility”)
- Quality of the contact information and other data on the list
- Effort required to locate a knowledgeable contact
- Definition of a “postdoc”
- Possibility of obtaining list of postdocs from establishments
Data collection took place between September and December, 2007 with five establishment-based lists. The surveys were primarily web-based with telephone follow up option for web nonrespondents.
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Quick-turnaround list assessment for individuals
A series of quick turnaround short surveys designed to assess the lists’ potential contribution to a postdoc (individual) sampling frame.
Specific goals included determining the:
- Proportion of individuals on a given list that employ postdocs (“list eligibility”)
- Quality of the contact information and other data on the list
- How well the list would help in covering foreign-degreed and professional-degreed postdocs
- Definition of a “postdoc”
Data collection took place in two releases between January and April of 2008. The first was mixed-mode, and the second used a web instrument.
NSF grant database list assessment
A quick-turnaround list assessment of individuals designed to assess the utility of using data from reports submitted annually by federal grant recipients to create a sampling frame of individual postdocs.
Specific goals included determining the:
- Proportion of individuals on a given list that employ postdocs (“list eligibility”)
- Quality of the contact information and other data on the list
- How well the list would help in covering foreign-degreed and professional-degreed postdocs
- Definition of a “postdoc”
The data collection took place during July and early August 2008, primarily using a web-based survey.
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