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SCIENCE STATISTICS: Got Data Questions? NSF's Indicators Has (Most of) the Answers
Jeffrey Mervis
Drawing on the myriad studies, surveys, and analyses that make up this year's Science and Engineering Indicators from the National Science Foundation, Science offers a few facts that may come as a surprise to readers.