Benoit Godin

Measurement and Statistics on Science and Technology

1920 to the Present

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How do we objectively measure scientific activities? What proportion of economic activities should a society devote to research and development? How can public-sector and private-sector research best be directed to achieve social goals? Governments and researchers from industrial countries have been measuring science and technology for more than eighty years. This book provides the first comprehensive account of the attempts to measure science and technology activities in Western countries and the successes and shortcomings of statistical systems. Godin guides readers through the historical moments that led to the development of statistics on… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-415-34104-2
EAN: 9780415341042
Produktnummer: 1715619
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
Seitenangabe: 384 S.
Masse: H23.4 cm x B15.6 cm x D0.0 cm 703 g
Abbildungen: 4 Line drawings, black and white; 19 Tables, black and white
Gewicht: 703
Sonstiges: Undergraduate

Über den Autor

Benoit Godin is a professor at INRS in Montreal, Canada. He holds a Dphil in science policy from Sussex (UK) University and has written extensively on science policy, research evaluation and science indicators.