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Measuring research and development expenditures in the U.S. nonprofit sector, conceptual and design issues ; summary of a workshop, Carol C. House, Holly G. Rhodes, and Esha Sinha, rapporteurs ; Committee on National Statistics ; Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education ; National Research Council of the National Academies

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Measuring research and development expenditures in the U.S. nonprofit sector

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Carol C. House, Holly G. Rhodes, and Esha Sinha, rapporteurs ; Committee on National Statistics ; Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education ; National Research Council of the National Academies

conceptual and design issues ; summary of a workshop

"National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) of the National Science Foundation is responsible for national reporting of the research and development (R&D) activities that occur in all sectors of the United States economy. For most sectors, including the business and higher education sectors, NCSES collects data on these activities on a regular basis. However, data on R&D within the nonprofit sector have not been collected in 18 years, a time period which has seen dynamic and rapid growth of the sector. NCSES decided to design and implement a new survey of nonprofits, and commissioned this workshop to provide a forum to discuss conceptual and design issues and methods. Measuring Research and Development Expenditures in the U.S. Nonprofit Sector: Conceptual and Design Issues summarizes the presentations and discussion of the workshop. This report identifies concepts and issues for the design of a survey of R&D expenditures made by nonprofit organizations, considering the goals, content, statistical methodology, data quality, and data products associated with this data collection. The report also considers the broader usefulness of the data for understanding the nature of the nonprofit sector and their R&D activities. Measuring Research and Development Expenditures in the U. S. Nonprofit Sector will help readers understand the role of nonprofit sector given its enormous size and scope as well as its contribution to identifying new forms of R&D beyond production processes and new technology."--, Provided by Publisher

Introduction -- A profile of the nonprofit sector in the United States -- Understanding R&D within the nonprofit sector -- Approaches to survey and sample design -- Question design and survey implementation -- Summary of key themes from the workshop -- References -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Appendix A: Workshop agenda -- Appendix B: Workshop participants -- Appendix C: IRS form 990 -- Appendix D: Biographical sketches of steering committee members, presenters, and staff

Measuring research and development expenditures in the United States nonprofit sector