Table 6.

Univariate firm size proximity and review outcomes

 MicrofirmsStandard Small 
 (1-10)Businesses (11-499) 
 NMeanNMeanp-value
Phase I Technical Score335084.09474787.090.00
Phase I Selection33500.1947470.250.00
Phase II Technical Score56592.26109292.540.45
Phase II Selection5650.3810920.420.21
Note(s):

Descriptive statistics are evaluated for the NASA SBIR/STTR proposal database of 2009-2016. T-tests are used to test the equality of means, and increasing p-values indicate statistical equivalence

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