Table 7. Selection variations with...

Table 7.

Selection variations with initial TRL, stratified by firm size

	Headcount
	1-10		11-499
Initial TRL	N	Sel. (%)	N	Sel. (%)	p-value
Phase I
0	71	0.14	64	0.14	1.00
1	558	0.16	626	0.22	0.01
2	1331	0.20	1986	0.25	0.00
3	958	0.19	1504	0.27	0.00
4	291	0.21	425	0.24	0.36
5	104	0.18	93	0.25	0.27
6	31	0.19	36	0.36	0.13
7	5	0.20	13	0.15	0.84
8	1	0.00	0	0.00	1.00
9	0	0.00	0	0.00	1.00
Phase II
0	0	0.00	1	0.00	1.00
1	8	0.25	14	0.50	0.26
2	52	0.33	104	0.33	1.00
3	246	0.33	519	0.40	0.04
4	198	0.44	349	0.46	0.70
5	39	0.46	81	0.37	0.35
6	19	0.47	22	0.45	0.91
7	3	0.67	2	1.00	0.42
8	0	0.00	0	0.00	1.00
9	0	0.00	0	0.00	1.00

	Headcount
	1-10		11-499
Initial TRL	N	Sel. (%)	N	Sel. (%)	p-value
Phase I
0	71	0.14	64	0.14	1.00
1	558	0.16	626	0.22	0.01
2	1331	0.20	1986	0.25	0.00
3	958	0.19	1504	0.27	0.00
4	291	0.21	425	0.24	0.36
5	104	0.18	93	0.25	0.27
6	31	0.19	36	0.36	0.13
7	5	0.20	13	0.15	0.84
8	1	0.00	0	0.00	1.00
9	0	0.00	0	0.00	1.00
Phase II
0	0	0.00	1	0.00	1.00
1	8	0.25	14	0.50	0.26
2	52	0.33	104	0.33	1.00
3	246	0.33	519	0.40	0.04
4	198	0.44	349	0.46	0.70
5	39	0.46	81	0.37	0.35
6	19	0.47	22	0.45	0.91
7	3	0.67	2	1.00	0.42
8	0	0.00	0	0.00	1.00
9	0	0.00	0	0.00	1.00

Note(s):

Selection rates are reported at each initial Technology Readiness Level (TRL) for NASA SBIR/STTR proposals of 2009-2016. T-tests are used to test the equality of means, and increasing p-values indicate statistical equivalence

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