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APPENDIX B: Data Sources
Pages 70-74

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... The sampling frame is stratified to assure coverage of all significant subpopulations. While sampling rates in particular strata vary between 2 to 100 percent, the overall sampling rate for the latest survey was about 13 percent.
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... . SURVEY OF SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING EXPENDITURES AT UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES National Science Foundation This survey's universe in 1983 included 562 educational institutions in the United States and its territories.
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... . GRADUATE RECORD EXAMINATION SCORES The Graduate Record Examination Board/ Educational Testing Service The Graduate Record Examination takes place five times per year at test centers throughout the world.
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... The College Board's publication summarizes aggregated data for all seniors who registered for the SAT or Achievement Tests by March of their graduating year. The records include a few foreign students seeking higher education in the United States, but their participation rate is so small that it does not significantly influence the results reported.
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... Government Printing Office. National Science Foundation.
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