National Institute of Standards and Technology U.S. Department of Commerce Technology Program Evaluation: Methodologies from the Advanced Technology Program Data Integration and Access Ted W. Allen 5x5 Marketing Systems Collaborative Expedition Workshop #71 National Science Foundation March 18, 2008

National Institute of Standards and Technology U.S. Department of Commerce Data Integration and Access Post Data Delivery Activities Data Integration Data Accessibility

National Institute of Standards and Technology U.S. Department of Commerce Data Integration Data To Be Integrated  Firmographics Firm Size, Financial Statements, Year Established, Ownership, Credit Score, Bus. Unit Designation  Industry Designations NAICS, Technical Area  Patent Application and Issued Patent Information

National Institute of Standards and Technology U.S. Department of Commerce Data Integration Sources of Non-Survey Data  Compustat Financial data, NAICS  Dun & Bradstreet Congressional District, Credit scores, Year Established, Ownership Demographics, Business Unit Designation

National Institute of Standards and Technology U.S. Department of Commerce Data Integration Sources of Non-Survey Data (con’t)  US Patent and Trademark Office  Delphion Patent Application and Issued Patent Information  NIST/ATP Databases Firm Size, Technical Area, Award Duration, Reported Data on Issued Patents and Applications

National Institute of Standards and Technology U.S. Department of Commerce Data Integration Example: Patent Data  Data From a Variety of Sources & Survey Internal Data Entered from Paper into Electronic Survey Data Incomplete, Erroneous Duplicates, Often Difficult to Detect  Data Omissions

National Institute of Standards and Technology U.S. Department of Commerce Data Integration Example: Patent Data (con’t)  Intense Data Processing Required Record by Record Review of the Data Issued Patent Data Pulled from USPTO Patent Searches for Omissions: Gov’t Interest  Resulting Database Table 3445 Records for Applications and Issued Patents 1554 Issued Patents : 840 without Gov’t Interest

National Institute of Standards and Technology U.S. Department of Commerce Data Access Data Must Be Made Accessible to Data Analysts Program Managers Data Access Through Microsoft Access Forms with Interactive Search Standardized Reports

National Institute of Standards and Technology U.S. Department of Commerce Summary Using Data Integration and Access to Create a Dataset with More Data of Interest Greater Accuracy and Consistency Increased Utility Broader Availability