NCSES - State Government R&D Survey Cognitive Interview Protocol

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Appendix C - proposed questions for testing

NCSES - State Government R&D Survey Cognitive Interview Protocol

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R&D Employees

R&D employees include all staff who work on R&D, or who provide direct support to R&D, such as researchers, R&D managers, technicians, clerical staff, and others assigned to R&D groups.

Exclude employees who provide only indirect support to R&D such as security guards.

  1. How many employees with the R&D functions listed below worked on the internal R&D activities reported in Question 4 .g. (total R&D performed internally to your agency)? (Estimates are acceptable)

  1. Researchers………………………………………………………_________

  2. R&D technicians and equivalent staff……………….._________

  3. R&D support staff…………………………………………….._________

  4. Total R&D employees……………………………………__Auto Fill___



Full-Time-Equivalent R&D Personnel

Full-Time-Equivalent (FTE) R&D personnel are calculated as the total working hours spent working on R&D during your state government’s fiscal year divided by the number of hours representing a full-time schedule within the same period.

For example, if you had 3 people working 20, 30, and 40 hours in a week on a R&D activity and a full-time schedule is 40 hours a week, your FTE calculation is (20+30+40)/40=2.25 FTE.



  1. For the total R&D employees reported in Question 10, what was the number of full-time equivalents (FTEs)? (Estimates are acceptable)

    1. Researchers…………………………………………………..._____________

    2. R&D technicians and equivalent staff…………….._____________

    3. R&D support staff………………………………………….._____________

    4. Total FTE R&D employees..………………………..…__Auto Fill_____



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