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3. Process and Methodology of This Study
3. Process and Methodology of This Study
Pages 14-15
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In general, broad questions such as the funding balance between NSF and NASA and the funding balance between facilities and human resources were the easiest to quantify with existing data. 3.2 TYPES OF DATA GATHERED The committee gathered data reflecting both a top-down and a bottom-up perspective.
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Specific data sources included the following: Federal agency personnel; Federal procurement awards databases; AAS and APS astrophysics membership lists; Agency and association Web sites; NSF Division of Science Resources Studies (SRS) data resources and reports; and The Astrophysical Journal, Astronomical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Physical Review, Icarus, Nature, Science, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, and NASA's Astrophysical Data Systems.
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