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IEEE All Society Research Project: 2003IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences

Society

Research coordinated byIEEE Research

Corporate Strategy and Communications

             

Overview of Project

Overview of Project In February 2003, Society presidents endorsed a

research project that would, for the first time, survey all IEEE Societies. This project was named, “IEEE All Society Research Project.”

The project was coordinated by Elena Gerstmann, Director, IEEE Research.

Each Society appointed a point of contact (poc) to work on this project.

The Socpoc team, via email, oversaw the processes. This team included one person from each Society, a staff member from RAD, a staff member from TAD, and the two-person IEEE Research staff.

Goals The goals of this project were to provide each

Society with membership information in order to: Plan for the future Measure membership satisfaction with each Society

and IEEE Develop strategies for membership growth & retention Assess the value and importance of existing programs

and services (publications, conferences, websites, etc.) and of membership, in general

Highlight “hot” content areas Determine membership demographics (employment

status, industry, years of professional experience, etc.)

Methodology - Questionnaire Questionnaire development

The Socpoc team came to a consensus on the format and wording of a template questionnaire.

This template questionnaire provided a framework for each Society’s questionnaire.

The template contained both standard questions that were the same for all Societies and questions that could be customized by each Society.

Each Society representative customized the questionnaire for his or her own Society.

Methodology – Sample Sample

The population of members that could have been selected for participation were Higher grade Society members (Associates, Fellows, Members, Senior Members; no Life members or Students) with an email address on file (approximately 88% of IEEE members have an email address on file)

1,200 members were randomly selected per Society A sampling plan was developed that assured that a

member would only receive one questionnaire regardless of how many Society memberships she or he held.

Comparisons between the randomly drawn sample and the populations were made to ensure representative samples

Methodology – Data Collection Data collection began in early June 2003

1) Society Presidents had an option of sending an email message to the sample informing them of the survey

2) The Director of Research, Elena Gerstmann, sent an email invitation to each sample explaining the project along with the URL to the Society’s web survey

3) Approximately 14 days after the initial email message was sent, a reminder email was sent. This message thanked those who had already completed the survey and encouraged those who hadn’t completed it to do so.

An additional sample of 1,800 IEEE non-Society members received was sent a similar survey

Response Rate for IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society

A total of 371 IEEE NPSS members responded to the questionnaire

Estimating that 1,100 email invitations were delivered, the response rate was 34%

Assuming these responses constitute a representative sample because the sample was randomly drawn and was representative of the population of IEEE NPSS members with email addresses

the margin-of-error is within ±4.8% with a 95% degree of confidence

Detailed Findings

Membership

Please select the main reasons why you maintain membership in the IEEE NPSS. (Select up to three that apply.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

Other

Attend local chapter activities

Access to continuing education

Serve as a volunteer

Discounts on NPSS conference fees

Contribute to my profession

Networking

Keep informed in my field

Obtain NPSS publications

Obtain technical information

Please select the main reasons why you maintain membership in the IEEE NPSS. (Select up to three that apply.)

Choice Count Percent of Sample

To obtain technical information and resources 232 62.5%

To meet and interact with others who share my professional interests (networking)

136 36.7%

To obtain NPSS publications (paper and/or electronic) 227 61.2%

To receive discounts on NPSS conferences fees 47 12.7%

To serve as a volunteer (for example, write or review articles, speak at conferences or serve on committees)

42 11.3%

To contribute to my profession 91 24.5%

To keep myself informed of the advancements in my field 217 58.5%

To attend local chapter activities 5 1.3%

To get access to continuing education opportunities 6 1.6%

Other, please specify 11 3.0%

Please indicate how well you feel NPSS is providing opportunities and services in each of these areas. (Select one for each item.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

Local chapter activities

Continuing education opportunities

Discounts on NPSS conference fees

Ability to contribute to my profession

Opportunities to volunteer

Opportunities to network

Keep informed in my field

Obtain technical information

Obtain NPSS publications

Very well 1

2

3

4

Very poorly 5

Please indicate how well you feel NPSS is providing opportunities and services in each of these areas. (Select one for each item.)

Topic Very well 1

2 3 4 Very poorly 5

Not aware /No opinion

Technical information and resources 115 177 48 10 1 15

Opportunities to meet and interact with others who share my professional interests (networking)

82 118 91 13 8 54

NPSS publications (paper and/or electronic)

141 152 43 12 2 15

Discounts on NPSS conference fees 50 91 94 26 4 95

Opportunities to volunteer (for example, write or review articles, speak at conferences or serve on committees)

50 79 81 26 9 119

Ability to contribute to my profession 63 129 101 22 2 50

Informed of the advancements in my field

95 163 68 19 3 17

Local chapter activities 9 32 66 54 24 179

Continuing education opportunities 20 47 94 36 9 156

Overall, how satisfied are you with your NPSS and IEEE memberships? (Choose one for each item.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

IEEE NPSSMembership

IEEEMembership Highly satisfied 1

23

4Highly dissatisfied 5

Overall, how satisfied are you with your NPSS and IEEE memberships? (Choose one for each item.)

Topic Highly satisfied 1

2 3 4 Highly dissatisfied 5

IEEE NPSS Membership

103 190 65 8 2

IEEE Membership

84 199 61 11 5

Would you recommend NPSS membership and IEEE membership to a colleague? (Choose one for each item.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

IEEE NPSSMembership

IEEEMembership

Definitely wouldrecommend it 1

2

3

4

Definitely would NOTrecommend it 5

Would you recommend NPSS membership and IEEE membership to a colleague? (Choose one for each item.)

Topic Definitely would recommend it 1

2 3 4 Definitely would NOT recommend it 5

IEEE NPSS Membership

146 147 54 17 3

IEEE Membership

157 137 56 12 4

The next time your NPSS and IEEE memberships are up for renewal, do you plan to renew? (Choose one for each item.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

IEEE NPSSMembership

IEEEMembership

Definitely willrenew 1

2

3

4

Definitely will NOTrenew 5

The next time your NPSS and IEEE memberships are up for renewal, do you plan to renew? (Choose one for each item.)

Topic Definitely will renew 1

2 3 4 Definitely will NOT renew 5

IEEE NPSS Membership

252 88 20 7 1

IEEE Membership

280 75 9 4 0

Does your employer currently pay or reimburse you for your membership dues? (Choose one for each item.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

IEEE NPSSMembership

IEEEMembership

All

Part

None

Does your employer currently pay or reimburse you for your membership dues? (Choose one for each item.)

Topic All Part None

IEEE NPSS Membership

91 12 263

IEEE Membership 94 11 263

Website and Educational Opportunities

How often do you visit the following websites? (Choose one for each item.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

General searchengines

Other professionalassociations' websites

IEEE Xplore®

IEEE NPSS Website

IEEE Website

11+ times a month

4 to 10 times a month

1 to 3 times a month

Less than once a month

Aware of, but never visited

Not aware

How often do you visit the following websites? (Choose one for each item.)

Topic 11+ times a month

4 to 10 times a month

1 to 3 times a month

Less than once a month

Aware of, but never visited

Not aware

IEEE Web site 11 32 101 190 30 6

IEEE NPSS Web site

4 20 56 163 57 63

IEEE Xplore® 19 59 66 82 58 76

Other professional associations‘ Web sites

13 55 104 129 38 25

General search engines (for example, Google, Yahoo, etc.)

276 54 21 7 8 1

How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements? (Choose one for each item.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

IEEE NPSS provides adequate productsand services

My employer provides adequate training

Have access to enough info from sourcesother than my employer and NPSS

NPSS should offer more CD-ROM/DVDeducational opportunities

NPSS should offer more Interneteducational opportunities

Completely agree 1

2

3

4

Completely disagree 5

Conferences

Number of Conferences Attended

How many technical conferences, meetings, or workshops do you attend in a typical two-year period? Mean=3.39; Median=3; Mode=2; Range = 0 to 40

If you attend conferences in a typical two-year period, please indicate their sponsorship.

Sponsored or cosponsored by NPSS Mean=.99; Median=1; Mode=1; Range = 0 to 4

Sponsored or cosponsored by another IEEE Society (not NPSS) Mean=.73; Median=0; Mode=0; Range = 0 to 18

Not sponsored or cosponsored by IEEE or an IEEE Society Mean=2.32; Median=2; Mode=1; Range = 0 to 38

Conferences that I am unsure who sponsors Mean=.35; Median=0; Mode=0; Range = 0 to 6

How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements? (Choose one for each item.)

Topic Completely agree 1

2 3 4 Completely disagree 5

No opinion

My employer provides adequate training to maintain my skills in my professional field.

38 72 83 60 68 46

The IEEE NPSS provides adequate products and services to maintain my skills in my professional field.

20 115 126 43 15 50

I have access to enough information to maintain my skills in my professional field from sources other than my employer and NPSS.

54 119 96 68 17 16

NPSS should offer more educational opportunities via the Internet.

75 110 67 34 6 78

NPSS should offer more educational opportunities via CD-ROM/DVD.

70 93 76 39 7 84

Below are major conferences sponsored or co-sponsored by NPSS. How useful are these to you? (Choose one for each item.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

ICALEPCS

IEEE RTConference

IEEE SOFE

IEEE PAC

IEEE ICOPS

IEEE NSREC

IEEE NSS/MIC

Extremely useful 1

2

3

4

Not at all useful 5

I am familiar but cannot rate it

I am NOT familiar with thisconference

Below are major conferences sponsored or co-sponsored by NPSS. How useful are these to you? (Choose one for each item.)

Topic Extremely useful 1

2 3 4 Not at all useful 5

I am familiar but cannot rate it

I am NOT familiar with this conference

IEEE Nuclear & Space Radiation Effects Conference (NSREC)

60 25 25 34 53 67 101

IEEE International Conference on Plasma Sciences (ICOPS)

49 43 33 26 64 65 85

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference(NSS/MIC)

92 45 20 37 41 51 79

IEEE Particle Accelerator Conference (PAC)

28 22 25 49 61 59 118

IEEE Real Time Conference (RT) 6 12 12 23 76 51 176

IEEE Symposium of Fusion Engineering (SOFE)

7 11 17 27 84 51 163

International Conference on Accelerator and Large-Experimental Apparatus Control System (ICALEPCS)

5 14 13 32 77 45 177

Publications

Below are major publications sponsored or co-sponsored by IEEE or IEEE NPSS. How useful are these to you? (Choose one for each item.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

IEEE SensorsJournal

The Institute

IEEE NPSSNewsletter

IEEE Spectrum

IEEE Transactionson Medical Imaging

IEEE Transactionson Plasma Science

IEEE Transactionson Nuclear Science

Extremely useful 1

2

3

4

Not at all useful 5

I am familiar but cannot rate it

I am NOT familiar with thispublication

Below are major publications sponsored or co-sponsored by IEEE or IEEE NPSS. How useful are these to you? (Choose one for each item.)

Topic Extremely useful 1

2 3 4 Not at all useful 5

I am familiar but cannot rate it

I am NOT familiar with this publication

IEEE Spectrum 55 140 105 45 14 7 3

The Institute 9 59 107 93 32 24 37

IEEE NPSS Newsletter

22 91 121 74 21 16 13

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

135 88 38 24 21 27 33

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

67 47 42 30 54 55 61

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

65 39 28 33 54 55 92

IEEE Sensors Journal

7 12 29 32 56 57 172

Have you read the following publications in the last two years? (Choose one for each item.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

IEEE Sensors Journal

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

The Institute

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

IEEE NPSS Newsletter

IEEE Spectrum

Yes, I have read

No, I have not read

Have you read the following publications in the last two years? (Choose one for each item.)

Topic Yes, I have read No, I have not read

IEEE Spectrum 348 20

The Institute 270 94

IEEE NPSS Newsletter 305 59

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

274 93

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

162 203

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

135 231

IEEE Sensors Journal 33 331

Please indicate your level of satisfaction with the following elements of the IEEE Transactions On Nuclear Science. (Choose one for each item.)

(Only asked of those who indicated they read this publication.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

Relevance to myprofessional needs

Level of content

Quality of articles

Timeliness ofcontent

Breadth of topics

Authors of articles

Quality of designand layout

Highly satisfied 1

2

3

4

Highly dissatisfied 5

Please indicate your level of satisfaction with the following elements of the IEEE Transactions On Nuclear Science. (Choose one for each item.)

(Only asked of those who indicated they read this publication.)

Topic Highly satisfied 1

2 3 4 Highly dissatisfied 5

No opinion

Relevance of content to my professional needs

111 95 48 12 0 10

Level of content 89 133 37 5 1 10

Quality of articles 76 140 41 6 2 10

Timeliness of content 50 111 62 16 5 29

Breadth of topics covered

58 120 65 10 1 20

Authors of the articles 61 125 38 6 0 43

Quality of design and layout

61 116 70 9 1 16

Content Coverage

Indicate the amount of content coverage in the following areas you would like to see in NPSS publications, conferences, products and services.

(Choose one for each item.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

Issues related to managing people

Fusion Engineering

Improving your technical writing skills

Management/ entrepreneurial topics

Career advancement assistance

Particle Accelerator science and technology

Standards in nuclear and plasma science

Pulsed power devices and technology

Computer applications in NPSS

Radiation effects

Radiation Instrumentation

Applications in Plasma science

More practical application of technology

Nuclear medicine and imaging

Much more content

More content

Same amount receiving now

Less content

No content

No opinion

Indicate the amount of content coverage in the following areas you would like to see in NPSS publications, conferences, products and services.

(Choose one for each item.)

Topic Much more content

More content

Same amount receiving now

Less content

No content

No opinion

Applications in Plasma science 47 59 83 15 8 148

Radiation effects 31 80 106 21 3 118

Radiation Instrumentation 33 93 103 12 2 108

Computer applications in NPSS 29 111 106 20 1 91

Fusion Engineering 13 44 100 31 12 160

Pulsed power devices and technology 27 62 95 28 8 141

Particle Accelerator science and technology 24 60 119 17 8 126

Nuclear medicine and imaging 51 69 106 25 2 109

Standards in nuclear and plasma science 26 70 114 28 5 117

Issues related to managing people 8 42 78 62 58 112

Career advancement assistance 15 72 98 37 42 95

Improving your technical writing skills 14 92 80 37 41 96

Management/entrepreneurial topics 14 58 87 43 48 102

More practical application of technology 50 149 78 9 5 69

IEEE NPSS Chapters

Have you participated in a local chapter of the IEEE NPSS Society in the past two years?

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

No, I know a localchapter exists, but

I do not attend

No, and I do notknow if there is a

local chapter

No, there is nolocal chapter

Yes

Have you participated in a local chapter of the IEEE NPSS Society in the past two years?

Choice Count Percentage Answered

Yes 23 6.2%

No, there is no local chapter 40 10.8%

No, and I do not know if there is a local chapter

186 50.4%

No, I know a local chapter exists, but I do not attend

120 32.5%

Volunteering for IEEE NPSS

Before you read the above, how familiar were you with the different ways to volunteer for NPSS? (Please check one.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

Not at all familiar

Somewhat not familiar

Somewhat familiar

Very familiar

Volunteers lead the IEEE NPSS at many levels and in many ways - including, among others,

· Top-level leadership on the Administrative Committee (AdCom) of the Society

· Serving on local committees (for example, Chapter officers)

· Serving on international committees

· Editing or reviewing articles

· Participating in standards development or balloting

· Organizing conferences

Before you read the above, how familiar were you with the different ways to volunteer for NPSS? (Please check one.)

Choice Count Percentage Answered

Very familiar 73 19.8%

Somewhat familiar 111 30.1%

Somewhat not familiar 70 19.0%

Not at all familiar 115 31.2%

Do you currently volunteer for IEEE NPSS?

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

No, I have notserved as avolunteer

No, but I have inthe past

Yes, I currentlyserve as avolunteer

Do you currently volunteer for IEEE NPSS?

Choice Count Percentage Answered

Yes, I currently serve as a volunteer

100 27.3%

No, but I have in the past 58 15.8%

No, I have not served as a volunteer

208 56.8%

Overall, how satisfied are you with your current volunteer activities?

(Asked only of those who indicated they currently volunteer.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

Highly dissatisfied 5

4

3

2

Highly satisfied 1

Overall, how satisfied are you with your current volunteer activities?

(Asked only of those who indicated they currently volunteer.)

Choice Count Percentage Answered

Highly satisfied 1 39 36.8%

2 43 40.6%

3 18 17.0%

4 4 3.8%

Highly dissatisfied 5 2 1.9%

Overall how satisfied were you with your volunteer activities?

(Asked only of those who indicated they currently do not volunteer but they did in the past.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

Highly dissatisfied 5

4

3

2

Highly satisfied 1

Overall how satisfied were you with your volunteer activities?

(Asked only of those who indicated they currently do not volunteer but they did in the past.)

Choice Count Percentage Answered

Highly satisfied 1 20 38.5%

2 18 34.6%

3 11 21.2%

4 1 1.9%

Highly dissatisfied 5 2 3.8%

Demographics

Years of Professional Experience

Average = 22.33 Median = 23 Mode = 30 Range = 0 to 55

What is your age?

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

Decline to answer

Over 70

61 to 70

51 to 60

41 to 50

31 to 40

30 or under

What is your age?

Choice Count Percentage Answered

30 or under 20 5.4%

31 to 40 95 25.6%

41 to 50 82 22.1%

51 to 60 110 29.6%

61 to 70 53 14.3%

Over 70 7 1.9%

Decline to answer 4 1.1%

Identify the highest educational degree you hold. (Choose one.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

Other

Doctorate

Masters/graduate/professional

Baccalaureate

Vocational/technical degree

Some college

Identify the highest educational degree you hold. (Choose one.)

Choice Count Percentage Answered

Some college 1 0.3%

Vocational/technical degree/certification (less than a baccalaureate degree)

3 0.8%

Baccalaureate or equivalent 26 7.0%

Masters/graduate/professional degree

59 15.9%

Doctorate or equivalent 278 74.9%

Other, please specify 4 1.1%

Indicate all of the fields in which you hold a degree. (Choose all that apply.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

Other

Nuclear Chemistry

Medicine

Astrophysics

Computer science/ engineering

Mathematics

Biomedical Physics

Nuclear Engineering

Particle Physics

Plasma Physics

Applied Physics

Electrical or electronics engineering

Indicate all of the fields in which you hold a degree. (Choose all that apply.)

Choice Count Percent of Sample

Electrical or electronics engineering

145 39.1%

Applied physics 110 29.6%

Particle physics 42 11.3%

Computer science/engineering

23 6.2%

Mathematics 29 7.8%

Biomedical physics 34 9.2%

Nuclear engineering 38 10.2%

Nuclear chemistry 2 0.5%

Plasma physics 58 15.6%

Medicine 3 0.8%

Astrophysics 4 1.1%

Other, please specify 88 23.7%

Identify the category that best describes your current employer type. (Choose one.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

Other

Full-time student

Unemployed

Retired

Self-employed/ consulting

Nonprofit institution

Educational institution

Public/government

Private industry

Identify the category that best describes your current employer type. (Choose one.)

Choice Count Percentage Answered

Private industry 123 33.3%

Public/government 80 21.7%

Educational institution (private or public)

116 31.4%

Nonprofit institution (non educational)

14 3.8%

Self-employed/consulting 16 4.3%

Retired 9 2.4%

Unemployed 2 0.5%

Full-time student 0 0.0%

Other, please specify 9 2.4%

Please indicate your IEEE Grade. (Please note that Life membership is a status of membership but not a grade.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

Student

Associate

Member

Senior Member

Fellow

Please indicate your IEEE Grade. (Please note that Life membership is a status of membership but not a grade.)

Choice Count Percentage Answered

Student 0 0.0%

Associate 26 7.0%

Member 268 72.6%

Senior Member 57 15.4%

Fellow 18 4.9%

Please indicate your IEEE Region.

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

Regions 1 to 6(United States)

Region 7 (Canada)

Region 8 (Europe,Middle East, Africa)

Region 9 (LatinAmerica)

Region 10 (Asiaand Pacific)

Please indicate your IEEE Region.

Choice Count Percentage Answered

Regions 1 to 6 (United States) 242 65.6%

Region 7 (Canada) 11 3.0%

Region 8 (Europe, Middle East, Africa)

80 21.7%

Region 9 (Latin America) 4 1.1%

Region 10 (Asia and Pacific) 32 8.7%

Including your membership in NPSS, how many IEEE Societies do you currently belong to?

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

5 or more

4

3

2

1, just NPSS

Including your membership in NPSS, how many IEEE Societies do you currently belong to?

Choice Count Percentage Answered

1, just NPSS 183 49.3%

2 123 33.2%

3 42 11.3%

4 14 3.8%

5 or more 9 2.4%

Do you consider NPSS to be your primary IEEE Society? (Asked only of those who indicated they belonged to more than one IEEE Society.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

No, anotherIEEE Society is

my primarySociety

Yes, NPSS is myprimary Society

Do you consider NPSS to be your primary IEEE Society?

Choice Count Percentage Answered

Yes, NPSS is my primary Society

115 61.5%

No, another IEEE Society is my primary Society

72 38.5%