Survey Methodology

Survey MethodologyARTICLE EXTRAS Always evolving at the HutchGladstone: Attentive at the topSlideshow: Top 2008 InstitutionsRanking Tables:Top 35 US InstitutionsTop 15 US InstitutionsTop 10 International InstitutionsBPTW: Survey Finding PDFsDemographics:Interactive map of resultsAssessing the Postdoc ExperienceSURVEY FORM A web-based survey form was posted from October 1 to December 3, 2007. Results were

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Always evolving at the Hutch

Gladstone: Attentive at the top

Slideshow: Top 2008 Institutions

Ranking Tables:

Top 35 US Institutions

Top 15 US Institutions

Top 10 International Institutions

BPTW: Survey Finding PDFs

Demographics:

Interactive map of results

Assessing the Postdoc Experience

SURVEY FORM

A web-based survey form was posted from October 1 to December 3, 2007. Results were collected and collated automatically.

Click here for survey questions

INVITATIONS

E-mail invitations were sent to readers of The Scientist and registrants on The Scientist web site who identified themselves as non-tenured life scientists working in academia or other non-commercial research institutions. The survey was also publicized on The Scientist web site and through news stories.

RESPONSES

3,086 useable and qualified responses were received. Responses were rejected if the respondent did not identify him or herself as a non-tenured scientist working in a non-commercial organization, if the respondent's institution was not identified ...

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