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REPORT BY THE                             1o5q?


Comptroller General


OF THE UNITED STATES


Science Indicators: Improvements

Needed In Design, Construction,

And Interpretation




The National Science Board's Science Indica
tors reports are collections of measures
which attempt to portray significant trends
in the condition and direction of U S
science and technology Development of
these indicators is a very complex and diffi-
cult task, and the art is still in an early stage
of evolution
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The National Science Board and the Nation-
al Science Foundation staff should continue
to experiment in the Science Indicator series
by developing and testing new indicators
They should emphasize a more conceptual
approach which first identifies what will be
measured, and then generates the appropri-
ate data Attempts should be made to devel-
op indicators Of the process and substance
of research and to better differentiate be-
tween science and technology More interpre-
tation of the meaning of indicators should
be included in future reports








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                                                                       PAD-79-35
                                                              SEPTEMBER 25, 1979

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