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Appendix A: Interview and Focus Group Guides
Pages 117-126

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... Specie A I~rv~ a~ Focus Crow Sides
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... Surveying Resources for Science and Engineering: Assessing the Sciences Resources Studies (SRS) Portfolio Part A: Questions for SRS Survey Protect Officers General Information about SRS Staff: Name: Primary Survey: (A)
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... We're interestec! in asking you about the SRS surveys you work with and how wed you think they address important policy issues and research questions involving science resources.
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... We're interested in your assessment of how weR the datafrom the survey are used in SRS publications, including Science and Engineering Indicators. (Ask for each survey:)
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... Years Attach a brief description of the interviewee's role, how s/he uses science and technology resources data, and the data sources s/he uses-obtained from the interviewee before the interview.
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... We're interested in asking you about the kinds of policy analysis or research you conduct on science and technology resources issues, the data you use, and their adequacy for your analysis purposes. We 're particularly interested in your views about the usefulness of ciatafrom the National Science Foundation 's Science Resources Studies Division (which we wid refer to as SRSJ, but if you use data from other sources, we would like to hear about those data, too.
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... Would different/additional summaries, tables, or analyses be useffi! in addressing the policy or research issues you work on?
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... We're interested in the science and technology issues you see on the horizon that may require different or additional data (Ask for each survey used by the interviewee:) What new science resources issues do you see on the horizon that may require different or additional data?
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... In particular, we want to know how weRyou think the data, analyses, And publications serve the public, policymakers, and researchers who are interested in science resources. Please be assured that your replies will be cony dential we will not make available outside our study any information that would linkyour name with your responses.
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... What other current or emerging policy and research issues on science and engineering resources might SRS other data sources that it does not address now?
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