PUBLIC USE 2013 ISDR DATA FILES This CD-ROM contains data and related documentation for the public use 2013 International Survey of Doctorate Recipients (ISDR) data file. The data is taken from the March 18, 2015 version of ISDR maintained at NSF. This data file contains only ISDR cases entering the SDR system in 2003 or later. DESCRIPTION OF FILES -------------------- Data and Programs ----------------- The microdata are provided in various formats to facilitate their use with many software packages. The principal data format that is supported by NSF is SAS. Technical support by NSF is limited to the data files and the SAS programs listed here. NSF does not provide support to users of SPSS or other packages, as SPSS and these other packages are not available at the agency. EPISDR13.XPT - 2013 ISDR data in SAS XPORT format EPISDR13.DAT - 2013 ISDR data in ASCII format EPISDR13.sas7bdat - 2013 ISDR data in SAS for Windows format FPISDR13.SAS - a text file containing SAS FORMAT assignment statements LPISDR13.SAS - a text file containing SAS LABEL assignment statements PPISDR13.SAS - a text file containing SAS PROC FORMAT statements LdPISDR13.SPS - a text file containing SPSS syntax for loading EPISDR13.DAT (ASCII data) into SPSS NOTE: Technical support for SPSS users is not provided by NSF. The validity of this file has not been verified by NSF, as SPSS is not available at the agency. LAYOUTPISDR13.TXT - Input Layout for EISDR13.DAT Documentation and Related Files ------------------------------- 2013_ISDR_User_Annotated.pdf - Survey instrument, 2013 ISDR PPISDR13.PDF - Summary variable codebook in Adobe PDF format. (Refer to http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/sestat/variableinfo.cfm for complete variable documentation or if you do not have a copy of the Adobe PDF Reader). DPISDR13.XLS - Data Dictionary Source/SAS name cross-walk file (EXCEL97 spreadsheet format) README.TXT - this read me file ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you have any problems opening, accessing or loading these files, please contact: Keith Rathbun Mathematica Policy Research 1100 1st Street, N.E., 12th Floor Washington, DC 20002 (202) 484-4229 [phone] (202) 863-1763 [fax] krathbun@mathematica-mpr.com All other questions or comments on these files should be referred to: Flora Lan National Science Foundation Division of Science Resources Statistics 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 965 Arlington, VA 22230 703-292-4758 [phone] 703-292-9092 [fax] flan@nsf.gov 3/19/2015