| Survey on Research and Development in enterprises | (S) |
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Reference period |
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Year:
2015
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General characteristics |
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Contents:
Employees in R&D: number of persons; Employees in R&D: full-time equivalent units; Expenditures for research and development
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Analysis units:
Enterprises
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Periodicity:
Yearly
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EU legislation:
Yes
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Survey design |
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Type:
Census
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Data collection |
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Reporting units:
Enterprises
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Data collection mode:
Self-administered data collection via electronic transmission
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Total units:
17977
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Respondents:
13719
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Quality |
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Prevention, monitoring and evaluation of unit nonresponse:
Initiatives to foster survey participation; Adjustement methods to reduce the effect of unit nonresponse on the results; Follow-ups of nonrespondent units/bodies
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Item nonresponse and measurement error treatment:
Operator training and supervision and assessment of survey procedures; Interviewer training, monitoring and supervision; Adjustement methods to reduce the effects of measurement and partial nonresponse errors; Recontact of the units
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Validation:
Coherence control with data from other surveys or sources; Coherence control with previous data of the same survey; Coherence control among indicators of different analysis units of the same survey; Control of influential unit data, strongly contributing to computation of aggregates
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Data dissemination |
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Istat data bases:
None
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Other data bases:
None
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Press releases:
La ricerca e sviluppo in Italia. Anno 2011
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Timeliness of provisional data:
Not released
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Timeliness of final data:
1 year, 11 months and 8 days
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