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Finding Data: Data on Science, Technology, Computers, Internet

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• 'Brain Drain' Debate in the United Kingdom, c.1950-1970
  Qualitative project. Sought to provide an analysis of the 'brain drain' debate of the 1950s and 1960s as a social phenomenon. The term 'brain drain' was adopted in the 1960s in the context of concerns the United Kingdom was losing skilled scientific and engineering personnel to other countries. Although the term is used in a variety of academic, policy and popular discussions about the international mobility of scientists, this project sought to rectify the absence of scholarly literature analyzing the original 'brain drain' debate. Comprised of 19 oral history interviews with scientists and engineers who emigrated to the United States or Canada in the 1950s or 1960s as well as British policymakers involved in any way in the 'brain drain' debate at this time. Also included is the transcript of a 'witness seminar' that brought officials and former emigres together to discuss their recollections. To obtain a free account please register with the UKDA.

• Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI) Database
  Agricultural R&D indicators for developing countries.

• Audit Bureau of Circulations
  PDF reports of circulation statistics for newspapers, journals, and web publications. Princeton also has periodical and newspaper geographic/circulation for spring 1999 and spring 2004.

• AUTM licensing survey (1991-2003)
  Survey of U.S. and Canadian universities, hospitals, research institutions and patent management firms. Survey results are reported in a summary report and comprehensive report. The comprehensive report, referred to as the Full Report, contains the Survey Summary and includes tables that present data obtained from individual respondents on an institution-by-institution basis.The CD-ROMs contain survey data for each fiscal year in Microsoft Excel spreadsheets.

• Biennial Media Consumption Survey [1998 - 2002]
  Collects data on the public's use of, and attitudes toward, the Internet and traditional news outlets. Respondents are asked questions concerning their use of newspapers, television news, radio news, and news magazines. For later years, use Roper IPOLL.

• Business R&D and Innovation Survey (BRDIS) (2008+)
  BRDIS expands NSF's coverage of business R&D and innovation activities. It is the successor to IRIS (Industrial Research and Development Information System). IRIS links an online interface to a historical database with more than 2,500 statistical tables. These tables, drawn from the results of the annual Survey of Industrial Research and Development (SIRD), contain all the industrial R&D data published by NSF from 1953-2007. IRIS data prior to 1999 are based on Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) and pre-SIC codes. Beginning with the 1999 survey, estimates are based on the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS).

• Current Population Survey: Computer and Internet Usage Supplement
  The Current Population Survey (CPS) is a monthly survey of about 50,000 households conducted by the Bureau of the Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This supplement, conducted irregularly since 1984, contains data on home and workplace computer equipment, computer usage and Internet usage.

• Excel file for RICE model as of April 26, 2010
  Examines alternative outcomes for emissions, climate change, and damages under different policy scenarios. It uses an updated version of the RICE model (Regional Integrated model of Climate and the Economy). New projections suggest that substantial future warming will occur if no abatement policies are implemented. The model also calculates the path of carbon prices necessary to keep the increase in global mean temperature to 2 degrees C or less in an efficient manner.

• Global Digital Activism Data Set, February 2013
  Features coded cases of online digital activism from 151 countries and dependent territories. Several features from each case of digital activism were documented, including the year and month that online action commenced, the estimated age and country of origin of the initiator(s), the geographic scope of their campaign, and whether the action was online only, or also featured offline activities. Researchers were interested in the number and types of software applications that were used by digital activists. Specifically, information was collected on whether software applications were used to circumvent censorship or evade government surveillance, to transfer money or resources, to aid in co-creation by a collaborative group, or for purposes of networking, mobilization, information sharing, or technical violence (destructive/disruptive hacking). The collection illustrates the overall focus of each case of digital activism by defining the cause advanced or defended by the action, the initiator's diagnosis of the problem and its perceived origin, the identification of the targeted audience that the campaign sought to mobilize, as well as the target whose actions the initiators aimed to influence. Finally, each case of digital activism was evaluated in terms of its success or failure in achieving the initiator's objectives, and whether any other positive outcomes were apparent.

• Great Plains Population and Environment Data (1870-2000)
  Collected information about approximately 500 counties in 12 states of the Great Plains of the United States, and then to analyze those data in order to understand the relationships between population and environment that existed between 1870-2000. The data distributed here are all data about counties. They fall into 4 broad categories: about the counties, about agriculture, about demographic and social conditions, and about the environment. The information about counties (name, area, identification code, and whether we classified the county as part of the Great Plains in a given year) are embedded in each of the other data files, so that there will be 3 series of data (agriculture, demographic and social conditions, and environment), with individual data files for each year for which data are available.

• Imagining the Internet (Elon University) (2004+)
  Mission is to explore and provide insights into emerging network innovations, global development, dynamics, diffusion and governance.

• Information and Communication Technology Survey (ICT)
  Provides data on both noncapitalized and capitalized spending for information and communication technology equipment and computer software by U.S. nonfarm businesses with employees. Data have been collected annually beginning with data for 2003.

• International Investment and R&D Data Link (National Science Foundation)
  Presents data from a project that links business and industrial R&D survey data from National Center for Science & Engineering Statistics (NCSES) to international investment survey data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The combined data sets provide information on the R&D activities of U.S. multinational companies (MNCs) and foreign MNCs with U.S. activities.

• Longitudinal Study of American Youth: Writing the history and monitoring the future of Generation X (LSAY)
  Designed to examine the development of: (1) student attitudes toward and achievement in science, (2) student attitudes toward and achievement in mathematics, and (3) student interest in and plans for a career in science, mathematics, or engineering, during middle school, high school, and the first 4 years post-high school, and to estimate the relative influence of parents, home, teachers, school, peers, media, and selected informal learning experiences on these developmental patterns. The older LSAY cohort, Cohort One, consisted of a national sample of 2,829 tenth-grade students in public high schools throughout the United States. These students were followed for an initial period of 7 years, ending 4 years after high school in 1994. Cohort Two, consisted of a national sample of 3,116 seventh-grade students in public schools that served as feeder schools to the same high schools in which the older cohort was enrolled. These students were followed for an initial period of 7 years, concluding with a telephone interview approximately one year after the end of high school in 1994. Beginning in the fall of 1987, the LSAY collected a wide array of information from each student, including: (1) a science achievement test and a mathematics achievement test each fall, (2) an attitudinal and experience questionnaire at the beginning and end of each school year, (3) reports about education and experience from all science and math teachers in each school, (4) reports on classroom practice by each science and math teacher serving an LSAY student, (5) an annual 25-minute telephone interview with one parent of each student, and (6) extensive school-level information from the principal of each study school. In 2006, the NSF funded a proposal to re-contact the original LSAY students (now in their mid-30's) to resume data collection to determine their educational and occupational outcomes. Through an extensive tracking activity, more than 95 % of the original sample of 5,945 LSAY students were located or accounted for. A new eligible sample of approximately 5,000 students was defined and these young adults were asked to complete a survey in 2007. For more information, also see the LSAY website.

• National Agricultural Workers Survey (NAWS) 1989+
  Employment-based, random survey of the demographic, employment, and health characteristics of the U.S. crop labor force. Information is obtained directly from farm workers through face-to-face interviews. Since 1988, when the survey began, nearly 50,000 workers have been interviewed. Samples crop workers in 3 cycles each year to reflect the seasonality of agricultural production and employment. Workers are located at their farm job sites. During the initial contact, arrangements are made to interview the respondent at home or at another location convenient to the respondent.

  Sample Size: 1,500 to 4,000 workers are interviewed each year.

• National Consumer Broadband Service Capability Survey
  The Broadband Data Improvement Act directed the Federal Communications Commission to conduct and make public periodic surveys of consumers as part of the FCC's efforts to understand who uses broadband, who does not, and, if not, why people do not subscribe.

• National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses
  Conducted approximately every 4 years since 1977.

• National Science Foundation Surveys of Public Understanding of Science and Technology (1979-2006)
  Used to monitor public attitudes toward a variety of science-related issues and topics. Also used to gauge how much the public knows about science and the scientific process, how interested people are in science, and where they get information about science. The core questions from the past 12 surveys (1979, 1983, 1981, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001 and 2006) have been combined into one easy to use dataset. Does not include every question asked across the 12 surveys, but does cover core repeated questions to provide a longitudinal study of the US attitudes towards science and technology issues. Free registration required.

• Pew Internet & American Life Project
  Produces reports that explore the impact of the Internet on families, communities, work and home, daily life, education, health care, and civic and political life. Raw data are released 6 months after a survey report has been published. Useful for topics such as gaming, social networking, dating, and online shopping.

• Researching Environmental Economics at Princeton University
  Guide to environmental economics.

• Roper Center - Public Opinion on Space Exploration
  Selection of surveys that look at how the American people feel about the money spent on space exploration; the practicality of a space based defense; the value of learning if there were ever living creatures on Mars; and if they believe in UFOs and beings from other planets.

• Science and Engineering State Profiles (National Science Foundation)
  Contains data from 2003-09 and allows users to generate science and engineering profiles that summarize state-specific data on personnel and finances. The State Profiles data tool can display a single state's profile or a profile containing up to 10 states.

• Scientists and Engineers Statistical Data System (1993-1999, 2003, 2006)
  In addition to SESTAT, a comprehensive and integrated system of information about the employment, educational, and demographic characteristics of scientists and engineers, this site also makes available several surveys of recipients of higher education. They include:
  
  • National Survey of Recent College Graduates (2001, 2003, w006)
  • Survey of Doctorate Recipients (2001, 2003, 2006 )
  • National Survey of College Graduates (1993, 2003)

• Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering
  Provides data on the number and characteristics of students in graduate science and engineering and health-related fields enrolled in U.S. institutions. Assesses trends in financial support patterns and shifts in graduate enrollment and postdoctoral appointments.

• Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) (1995+)
  Provides reliable and timely data on the mathematics and science achievement of U.S. 4th- and 8th-grade students compared to that of students in other countries. Collected in 1995, 1999, 2003, and 2007. Next round of collection will be in 2011. Also see the NCES Bibliography for literature that has used this data.

• University of Texas at Austin Energy Poll (2011+)
  Public opinion poll that measures and reports biannually (October and April) on consumer opinions and attitudes toward energy consumption, pricing, development and regulation.

• World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database (16th. Ed. - 2012)
  Contains time series data for 1960, 1965, 1970 and annually from 1975-2011 for around 140 different telecommunication and ICT statistics covering the telecommunication network and ICT uptake, mobile services, quality of service, traffic, staff, tariffs, revenue and investment. Data for over 200 economies are available.