Industry R&D Survey - Questionnaire re-design

这一行动规定了设计（或重新设计）和预先测试几个问题，这些问题将包含在由人口普查局为美国国家科学基金会进行的年度工业研究与发展调查中。国家科学基金会和人口普查工作人员先前已经确定了需要改进问卷的几个关键领域；在执行本项目期间，将继续努力查明其他领域。根据1950年《国家科学基金法》的授权，美国国家科学基金会收集和传播描述性经济统计数据，以及有关科学和技术资源利用和活动的其他相关信息。《工业研究与发展调查》收集的数据，结合国家科学基金会其他统计和分析活动获得的数据，为政策制定者提供了美国研发资金和绩效的概况。

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.