Industry R&D Survey - Questionnaire re-design

此操作提供了设计（或重新设计）和预 对打算列入年度报告的几个问题进行测试 为NSF进行的工业研究和开发调查 是由人口普查局统计的 NSF和人口普查工作人员 以前确定的几个关键领域， 需要改进;努力查明其他领域 将在该项目实施期间继续进行。 根据美国国家科学基金会的授权 1950年的法案，NSF收集和传播描述性的经济 统计数据以及其他相关信息， 科技资源利用和活动。 2004年研究与发展调查收集的数据 工业，当与通过以下途径获得的数据结合使用时 其他NSF统计和分析活动，提供政策 制造商的研发资金和性能的概述， 美国的

This action provides for the design (or re-design) and pre- test of several questions intended for inclusion in the annual Survey of Industrial Research and Development conducted for NSF by the Bureau of the Census. NSF and Census staff have previously identified several key areas where questionnaire improvements are needed; efforts to identify additional areas will continue during the conduct of this project. Under authority granted by the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, NSF collects and disseminates descriptive economic statistics, as well as other pertinent information, about scientific and technological resource utilization and activities. Data collected by the Survey of Research and Development in Industry, when used in combination with data obtained through other NSF statistical and analytical activities, provides policy makers with an overview of R&D funding and performance in the United States.