8109.0 - Research and Experimental Development, Government and Private Non-Profit Organisations, Australia, 2006-07 Quality Declaration
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 29/07/2008
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EXPLANATORY NOTES
STATISTICAL UNIT 3 Statistical units are those entities from which statistics are collected, or about which statistics are compiled. In ABS economic statistics, the statistical unit is generally the business or, in the case of this survey for the Government and PNP sectors, the organisation. The ABS Business Register (ABSBR) is used to record information about statistical units and is used to create the frames for most ABS economic collections. 4 The ABS uses an economic statistics units model on the ABSBR to describe the characteristics of organisations, and the structural relationships between related organisations. Within large, complex and diverse organisations, the units model is also used to define reporting units that can provide data to the ABS at suitable levels of detail. 5 This units model allocates organisations to one of two sub-populations:
6 Combined, the ATOMP and the ABSMP make up the ABSBR from which the survey selections are taken. 7 The current economic statistics units model was introduced into the ABS in mid 2002, to better use the information available as a result of The New Tax System (TNTS). For more information please refer to the Information Paper: Improvements in ABS Economic Statistics - Arising from the New Tax System, (cat. no. 1372.0). DEFINITIONS 8 R&D as collected by the ABS is defined in accordance with the OECD standard as 'creative work undertaken on a systematic basis in order to increase the stock of knowledge, including knowledge of man, culture and society, and the use of this stock of knowledge to devise new applications'. Although outside the economic boundary of R&D as defined by the OECD, R&D performed overseas by Australian organisations is included in these data. 9 For a more comprehensive interpretation of the definition of R&D activity, see the Australian Standard Research Classification (ASRC), 1998 (cat. no. 1297.0) or refer to the OECD publication Proposed Standard Practice for Surveys on Research and Experimental Development ('Frascati Manual' 2002). Application of ASRC 10 This release presents statistics classified by: Socio-economic objective; Research fields, courses and disciplines; and Type of activity. Data providers self-classify R&D expenditure based on their interpretation of OECD/ABS definitions. The ABS makes every effort to ensure correct and consistent interpretation and reporting of these data and applies consistent processing methodologies. See also the Reliability of Statistics and Revisions sections of the Technical Note. SCOPE 11 From 2004-05, the sector scope for Government and Private non-profit organisations is determined using the guidelines of the Standard Institutional Sector Classification of Australia (SISCA). The Government and the Private non-profit sectors are defined by SISCA 3000 and SISCA 5000 respectively. Further details about the ABS sector classification can be found in the Standard Economic Sector Classifications of Australia (SESCA) 2002 (cat.no. 1218.0). Government sector 12 The general government sector comprises all government units of the Commonwealth Government, state and territory governments and each local government authority, and all resident non-market Non-profit Institutes (NPIs) that are controlled and mainly financed by those governments. 13 Government entities mainly engaged in market production or financial activities are not classified as government units. These organisations are included in the Business sector. Private non-profit sector 14 The Private non-profit sector comprises all resident non-market NPIs that are not controlled and not mainly financed by government. Such NPIs provide goods and services to households free or at prices that are not economically significant. COVERAGE 15 The Survey of Research and Experimental Development for the Government and Private non-profit sectors comprise a complete enumeration of organisations identified by the ABS as likely to have had expenditure on R&D during the reference period. Local government organisations are excluded as they are considered to have low R&D expenditure. Organisations were included if they:
16 As per the Frascati Manual guidelines, Government and Private non-profit sectors for the ABS R&D survey exclude the following:
LOCATION OF EXPENDITURE 17 Estimates for location of expenditure relate to the region(s) in which the organisation performed the R&D. This may not be the head office location of the organisation. CHAIN VOLUME MEASURES 18 The chain volume measures appearing in this release are annually reweighted chain Laspeyres indexes referenced to the current price values in a chosen reference year (currently 2005-06). They can be thought of as current price values re-expressed in (i.e. based on) the prices of the previous year and linked together to form continuous time series. They are formed in a multi-stage process of which the major steps are described in Section 15 of the Information Paper: Australian National Accounts, Introduction of Chain Volume and Price Indexes (cat. no. 5248.0). RELATED RELEASES 19 Users may also wish to refer to the following ABS releases:
Innovation in Australian Business, 2005 (cat. no. 8158.0) Research and Experimental Development, All Sector Summary, Australia, 2004-05 (cat. no. 8112.0) Research and Experimental Development, Businesses, Australia, 2005-06 (cat. no. 8104.0) Research and Experimental Development, Higher Education Organisations, Australia, 2006 (cat. no. 8111.0) Summary of IT Use and Innovation in Australian Business, 2006-07 (cat. no. 8166.0) 20 Relevant OECD publications include:
Proposed Standard Practice for Surveys on Research and Experimental Development ('Frascati Manual' 2002) ABS WEBSITE 21 Other information including data cubes in spreadsheet format, relating to R&D and innovation can be found on the ABS website <www.abs.gov.au>. See the Innovation, Science and Technology Home page under Themes/Industry. ABS DATA AVAILABLE ON REQUEST 22 As well as the statistics included in this and related releases, the ABS may have other relevant data available on request. Inquiries should be made to the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070. ROUNDING 23 Where figures have been rounded, discrepancies may occur between the sum of the component items and totals. Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.
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