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The following article will be needed for this exercise: CURRENT INVESTMENTS IN INNOVATION IN THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SECTOR: STATISTICAL BACKGROUND, April 1999. The article is on the Congressional Budget Office Site. Here is an opportunity to see the extent to which sociological skills are needed in many fields, even budget offices. They just won't often ask for sociologists. You'll have to initiate them into the importance of your many talents.

Answer the following questions, using the information in the article. Page numbers refer to the hardcopy print of the Web article, which is 28 pages long. You may not need the whole 28 pages. Remember to highlight, then print the sections you need. Please conserve paper and our trees. Link for Lecture Note answers will be e-mailed to you when you e-mail your group's answers. jeanne

1. Is Table 1. Spending on Information Technology Research and Development, by Source of Funds (p.5 of 28 in hardcopy) a frequency table or a cross tabluation?

2. What variable(s) are described in Table 1?

3. What values could the Source of Funds take on?

4. Where does most of the funding for technology innovation come from, according to Table 1?

5. Why do the figures 44.2, 6.9, and 1.2 not add up to 100%?

6. Is industry spending billions on high-end computers to solve problems in basic science?

7. What is venture capital?

   Link for Lecture Note answers will be e-mailed to you when you e-mail your group's answers. jeanne

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