Measuring Research and Development Expenditures in the U.S. Economy / Editors, Lawrence D. Brown, Thomas J. Plewes, Marisa A. Gerstein

This report examines the portfolio of research and development (R&D) expenditure surveys at the National Science Foundation (NSF), identifying gaps and weaknesses and areas of missing coverage. The report takes an in-depth look at the definition of R&D, the needs and potential uses of NSF's R&D data by a variety of users, the goals of an integrated system of surveys and other data collection activities, and the quality of the data collected in the existing Science Resources Statistics surveys.Brown, Lawrence D. is the author of 'Measuring Research and Development Expenditures in the U.S. Economy / Editors, Lawrence D. Brown, Thomas J. Plewes, Marisa A. Gerstein', published 2004 under ISBN 9780309093200 and ISBN 0309093201.