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Katanguru, D R; King, M (2024) Assessing the reach and impact of the NMS laboratories on UK private sector businesses. NPL Report. IEA 24
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Abstract
This report presents an analysis of a survey that was conducted in 2023 for the National Measurement System (NMS) programme. The data was collected through a telephone survey of customers who work with three NMS laboratories: NPL, NML-LGC, and NEL. By this means, the NMS programme aims to understand its private sector users and demonstrate the extensive reach of the NMS labs in the UK economy. The respondents belong to defined segments of the population and the poststratification method adjusts the sampling weights to account for underrepresented segments in the sample. The methodology used for this report involved survey analysis techniques, such as, multiple imputation to fill in missing values. The key findings from this report are that: (1) users in the private sector are concentrated in technologically important parts of the UK’s economy; and (2) mostly they are satisfied with the services delivered through the NMS labs. Moreover, some of these users attributed their new or improved products to the support provided by the NMS labs. As there is a huge scope for further analysis, two additional reports will be generated to delve deeper into the measurement and innovation activities of private sector users.
| Item Type: | Report/Guide (NPL Report) |
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| NPL Report No.: | IEA 24 |
| Subjects: | International |
| Divisions: | Strategy Directorate |
| Identification number/DOI: | 10.47129/npl.IEA24 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Jul 2024 08:50 |
| URI: | http://eprintspublications.npl.co.uk/id/eprint/9983 |
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