Who collects SESTAT data?
Although the National Science Foundation sponsors the surveys and specifies various features of the survey designs, the surveys themselves are conducted by different organizations under contract to NSF. Portions of the National Survey of College Graduates has been conducted by the Bureau of the Census and Westat; the National Survey of Recent College Graduates has been conducted by Westat, Inc.; the Survey of Doctorate Recipients has been conducted by the National Research Council, the National Opinion Research Center, and the Census Bureau. Although the SESTAT data are collected by different organizations, common survey instruments, editing procedures, etc. are used to provide greater comparability of the data. Assistance in these areas is provided by Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
