National Science Foundation
Rita R. Colwell
Director
Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences
Norman M. Bradburn
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Office of Division of Science Resources Studies
Eileen L. Collins
Senior Assessment Studies Manager
Division of Science Resources Studies
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of the National Science Foundation Act to ...
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Suggested Citation  National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Studies, The Application and Implications of Information Technologies in the Home: Where Are the Data and What Do They Say, NSF 01-313, Project Director, Eileen L. Collins, NSF/SRS; Author, Maria C. Papadakis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; and The Science and Policy Technology Program, SRI International (Arlington, VA 2001). |
February 2001
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This publication was prepared by Dr. Maria C. Papadakis of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University under contract with SRI International for the National Science Foundation's Division of Science Resources Studies (SRS). Overall direction and guidance was provided by Dr. Eileen L. Collins, Project Director, SRS; Ms. Catherine P. Ailes, Director, Science and Technology Policy Program, SRI International; Dr. Mary J. Frase, Deputy Division Director, SRS; and Dr. Lynda T. Carlson, Division Director, SRS. Mr. Ronald L. Meeks, Senior Analyst, SRS, oversaw technical review. Dr. Frase contributed comprehensive statistical and narrative review. Mr. Ronald S. Fecso, Chief Statistician, SRS, supplied thoughtful and thorough statistical review.
Valuable contributions and insights came from Mr. Nils Newman, Mr. Robert K. Carr, and Ms. Lori Thurgood, all of SRI International. Thanks are due Dr. William S. Bainbridge, Dr. Rachelle D. Hollander, and Dr. C. Suzanne Iacono—all in NSF—for technical insight and review of the draft report. Several reviewers also supplied important feedback on the draft manuscript from outside NSF, and their suggestions strengthened it considerably. These individuals include Dr. Eileen Appelbaum, Economic Policy Institute; Dr. Robert Kraut, Carnegie Mellon University; Dr. Frank Stafford, University of Michigan; and Dr. Alladi Venkatesh, University of California—Irvine.
Ms. Nita Congress performed the technical editing of the manuscript. Ms. Anne M. Houghton, Ms. Julia H. Harriston, and Ms. Tanya R. Gore of the Information Services Group of SRS undertook copyediting, processing, and final composition of the report. Mr. John R. Gawalt, Director of the Information Services Group, and his Web team handled electronic publication.
Funding was provided by SRS; the Computation and Social Systems Program in the Division of Information and Intelligent Systems; and the Sociology Program, the Science and Technology Studies Program, and the Societal Dimensions of Engineering, Science, and Technology Program in the Division of Social and Economic Sciences—all in NSF.
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