Improving Measures of Science, Technology, and Innovation Interim Report (2012) / Chapter Skim
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1 Introduction
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, at the U.S. National Science Foundation, is 1 of 14 major statistical agencies1 in the federal government, of which at least 5 collect relevant information on science, technology, and innovation activities in the United States and abroad.
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federal statistical agency charged with providing balanced, policy relevant but policy-neutral information to the President, federal executive agencies, the National Science Board, the Congress, and the public.
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Understanding the network of inputs -- which include data from NCSES surveys, other federal agencies, international organizations, and the private sector -- that currently and should in the future feed into the indicators production function, is within the scope of study. However, NCSES did not ask the panel to recommend new survey designs or data taxonomies, nor to develop theoretical foundations of measurement for indicators that are derived from web sources or administrative records.3 The panel is also not focusing on NCSES's dissemination practices, since a recent National Research Council (2011)
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In summary, the theoretical foundations for STI indicators are myriad. Yet, there is agreement on broad categories for which measurement is needed to understand capacity and trends in human capital, R&D, and innovation in the United States, and how the United States compares to other nations in each of these areas.
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During the open part of the meeting, experts on industrial organization and economic growth theory presented conceptual frameworks that should guide the data collection processes for STI indicators, with cautions about measurement biases and speculations regarding extensions to the framework to allow measurement of intangible assets and innovation diffusion. Staff from statistical agencies also presented opportunities for linking data among agencies, which could be used to augment existing statistics on innovation activities and human capital in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)
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Okubo's paper will include an empirical analysis of payments and receipts for R&D services in the United States and abroad, comparing data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Business Research and Development and Innovation Survey. In the coming months, the panel will carry out the following tasks, with the help of commissioned papers and consultants, as well as members' own and staff work: Conduct gap analyses to determine the strengths, weaknesses, coverage, utility, and timeliness of STI indicators, with a view to developing a set of key national STI indicators.
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Any coordination activity of the council for NCSES would only relate to STI, and not to other collections pertaining to economic, demographic, or other statistics that are gathered and disseminated at the federal level. The panel expects to offer recommendations that require longer lead times for data and tool development than those in this report, as well as recommendations on coordination with specific divisions of other statistical agencies in the United States and abroad.
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