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Introduction to UIS data collection tools and guidelines.
SEMINAR – WORKSHOP ON SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION INDICATORSPhnom Penh, Cambodia
18-20 Nov 2008
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After UIS moved from Paris to Montreal in 2001, the first thing that the S&T team has done was a worldwide consultation (review). We have asked the countries (data producers and users) what they expected from us.
The result was the S&T strategy. Basically, most of the respondents expressed interest in continuing our time series in R&D as their first priority.
This questionnaire was created in 2004, to be launched every two years (lack of resources, respecting countries' capacity to produce data)
It’s the third survey since in Montreal and every time, we have a section on the availability of additional data (last Section). The evolution of the questionnaire depends on the availability and the pertinence of the data to be collected.
Capacity building activities like this workshop are aimed to have an impact on both the quality and the quantity of data we disseminate.
We do have plans to start innovation surveys in a later date but since our resources are limited, for the time being we are concentrating in improving the quality of the existing survey
S&T Questionnaire - Introduction
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Questionnaire Contents:
- Respondents information
- Section 1. General Information (organisation, methodology, scope)
- Section 2. Human Resources
HC and FTE
- Section 3. Expenditure
- Section 4. Availability of additional data
S&T Questionnaire – Contents
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Here you have the instructions page for our current Survey.
You should start by using the drop down list and select your country’s name
Please note that the deadline shown here is kind of our ‘wish list’. We strongly invite you to complete and return the questionnaire prior to this date but if it’s not possible, please do fill it when you have data available, even if it’s after the deadline.
We prefer to receive electronically the filled questionnaire. It makes the processing quicker and more reliable. However, we do accept it in any other format (regular mail, fax, email attachment…)
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S&T Questionnaire - Instructions
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We would like to receive one and only one questionnaire by country. Data should be aggregated to provide the national figures. If you don’t have the national figures, please provide information in the footnotes and, if possible, give estimated figures (please document it, footnotes).
You know your country better than anyone else in UIS so the quality of you estimates tends to be better.
If you do not have data, or if the category is not applicable, please use the provided symbols (a,m,n,x). These are our communication tools and should be used to improve the quality and comparability of our published data.
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S&T Questionnaire Respondent Information
Making contact !
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That’s a tool to build our network of contacts. It affects not only our response rates but also the quality and the timeliness of the data provided).
We also use it for other activities such as special projects, workshops, etc.
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S&T Questionnaire – Section 1General Information
What do you do ...
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This section is very important for us: getting to know the S&T structure.
It is very important that you complete that section, even if there is no available data for a particular year. We need to know you and to be able to keep in touch with you.
It also gives a better understanding of the data and helps us to assure the comparability between countries.
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S&T Questionnaire – Section 1General Information
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S&T Questionnaire – Section 1General Information
How you do it...
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Innovation
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S&T Questionnaire – Section 2 Human Resources in R&D
All the definitions are available in the Instruction
Manual
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S&T Questionnaire – Section 2 Human Resources in R&D
Other supporting staff is included in Technicians
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S&T Questionnaire – Section 2 Human Resources in R&D
Data available only in HC
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Definitions in the Instruction Manual
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S&T Questionnaire – Section 2 Human Resources in R&D - Researchers
Researchers only
Definitions in the
Instruction Manual
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S&T Questionnaire – Section 2 Human Resources in R&D - Researchers
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S&T Questionnaire – Section 2 Human Resources in R&D - Researchers
Recommendations UNESCO, 1978; Frascati Manual
(OECD, 2002, and Revised Field of
Science and Technology
Classification, 2006)
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S&T Questionnaire – Section 2 Human Resources in R&D - Researchers
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S&T Questionnaire – Section 3Expenditures on R&D
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S&T Questionnaire – Section 3Expenditures on R&D
Current costs + Capital expenditures.
Direct transfer of resources
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S&T Questionnaire – Section 3Expenditures on R&D
Expenses planned and executed
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S&T Questionnaire – Section 3Expenditures on R&D
Who have financed
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S&T Questionnaire – Section 4Availability of additional R&D data
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S&T Questionnaire
If necessary, space to provide
additional explanations,
clarifications or general remarks.PLEASE SAVE YOUR WORK
before pressing the submit
button.
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» Partial data is better than no data at all…
» Late questionnaires are much better than no questionnaires…
» Notes are indispensable to understand and to evaluate the data. We need them to make the data comparable between countries.
» If there is no data available, please fill at least the Respondent Information and the first Section about your organization.
Most frequent reasons to ask for clarification:
» Totals
» Coherence between tables
» Degree of coverage
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Thank you!
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