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Report of the Committee on a Feasibility Study of National Needs for Biomedical and Behavioral Personnel (1975) / Chapter Skim
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Pages 10-11

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... the comtn;ttee belie ~ it feasible to pro~o'ect demand for biomedical and behavioral research personnel, based on suitable assumptions concerning levels of research support, by allowing the analysis to be directed by demographic factors and by expert judgments concerning the emergence of new areas of knowledge and technology. In addition, it seems feasible in the initial period to develop econometric models of supply and demand in these fields, using national time-series data for the biomedical and behavioral sciences in the aggregate, and to test such models for their applicability.
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... The margin of error may be minimized through projecting by broad fields in contrast to aggregating suLfields. Broad-field projections can be supplemented by judgments of expert panels to delineate rapidly growing fields and those showing a more modest or relatively slow growth or decline.
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