Measuring research and development expenditures in the U.S. economy : interim report / Panel on Research and Development Statistics at the National Science Foundation ; Lawrence D. Brown, Thomas J. Plewes, editors.

Summary: Panel to Review Research and Development Statistics at the National Science Foundation. The panel was convened in January 2002 by the Committee on National Statistics of the National Academies at the request of the National Science Foundation to conduct an in-depth and broad-based study of the Research and Development Statistics program of the NSF Science Resources Statistics (SRS) Division. The study was later mandated by Congress in the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002.

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Panel to Review Research and Development Statistics at the National Science Foundation. The panel was convened in January 2002 by the Committee on National Statistics of the National Academies at the request of the National Science Foundation to conduct an in-depth and broad-based study of the Research and Development Statistics program of the NSF Science Resources Statistics (SRS) Division. The study was later mandated by Congress in the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002.

Measuring Research and Development Expenditures in the U.S. Economy: Interim Report -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- COMMON METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES -- THE SURVEYS -- Survey of Industrial Research And Development -- Survey of Federal Funds for Research and Development Survey of Federal Science and Engineering Suppo ... -- Survey of Research and Development Expenditures at Colleges and Universities Survey of Scientific an ... -- INTERIM ASSESSMENT -- MEASURING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE U.S. ECONOMY -- SCOPE OF THE INTERIM REPORT.

ESTABLISHING AN ENVIRONMENT FOR QUALITY -- Mathematical Statistics Expertise -- Contractual Obligations -- Long-Term Plan for Methodological Research -- COMMON TECHNICAL ISSUES -- Web-Based Collection -- Provision of Prior-Year Data to Survey Respondents -- Designation of Respondent -- Nonresponse Adjustment and Imputation -- Survey Documentation -- SURVEY OF INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT -- Survey Design -- Data Collection -- Survey Content -- Processing -- SURVEY OF FEDERAL FUNDS FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT -- Survey Design and Implementation -- Data Collection -- Processing.

SURVEY OF FEDERAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SUPPORT TO UNIVERSITIES, COLLEGES, AND NONPROFIT INSTITUTIONS -- Survey Design -- Data Collection -- Processing -- SURVEY OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT EXPENDITURES AT UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES -- Survey Design -- Data Collection -- Survey Processing -- SURVEY OF SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING RESEARCH FACILITIES -- Survey Design -- Data Collection -- Processing -- PRIORITIES FOR NEAR-TERM AND LONGER TERM IMPROVEMENTS TO STATISTICAL METHODOLOGY -- Research on Mandatory Versus Voluntary Reporting -- Resurrection of a Response Analysis Survey Program.

Development of an Improved Survey Management System -- Cognitive Research into Survey and Questionnaire Design Issues -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX A A Quality Profile of the Federal Research and Development Surveys Barbara A. Bailar -- GENERAL BACKGROUND -- Similarities in Data Collection and Processing -- Some Concerns About the Surveys -- SURVEY OF FEDERAL FUNDS FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT -- Introduction -- Objectives -- Specifications -- Survey Design and Implementation -- Scope of Survey and Frame -- Potential Sources of Error in the Scope and Frame -- Data Collection.

Basic Data Collection Procedure -- The Respondents -- The Survey Instrument -- Nonresponse -- Potential Sources of Error in the Collection Procedure -- Data Processing -- Editing -- Potential for Errors in Processing -- SURVEY OF FEDERAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SUPPORT TO UNIVERSITIES, COLLEGES, AND NONPROFIT INSTITUTIONS -- Introduction -- Objectives -- Specifications -- Survey Design -- Scope of Survey and Frame -- Potential Sources of Error in the Scope and Frame -- Data Collection -- Basic Data Collection Procedure -- The Respondents -- The Survey Instrument -- Nonresponse.

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