PUBLIC USE 2017 SURVEY OF DOCTORATE RECIPIENTS DATA FILES This download file contains data and related documentation for the public use 2017 Survey of Doctorate Recipients (SDR) data files. The data included in this download file is taken from the March 06, 2019 version of the SDR data maintained at NSF. 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. EPSD17.DAT - 2017 SDR data in ASCII format epsd17.sas7bdat - 2017 SDR data in SAS for Windows format Fpsd17.sas - a text file containing SAS FORMAT assignment statements Lpsd17.sas - a text file containing SAS LABEL assignment statements Ppsd17.sas - a text file containing SAS PROC FORMAT statements Ldpsd17.sps - a text file containing SPSS syntax for loading EPSD17.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. LAYOUTPSD17.TXT - Input Layout for EPSD17.DAT Documentation and Related Files ------------------------------- SDR_SD_2017.pdf - Survey description psd17_Annotated.pdf - Survey instrument, 2017 SDR Ppsd17.pdf - Summary variable codebook in Adobe PDF format. Ppsd17.html - Summary variable codebook in html accessible format. Dpsd17.xlsx - Data Dictionary Source/SAS name cross-walk file (EXCEL spreadsheet format) README.TXT - this read me file ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you have any problems opening, accessing or loading these files, please contact: Daniel Foley Project Officer Human Resources Statistics Program National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics National Science Foundation 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Suite W14200 Alexandria, Virginia 22314 703-292-7811 dfoley@nsf.gov Mar-06-2019 14:09:30