近年来,社会调查方法在我国科技政策研究中得到广泛应用,但对该方法应用情况进行系统总结和评价的研究尚付阙如。本研究对进入新世纪以来国内相关期刊上公开发表的279篇使用社会调查方法的科技政策研究论文进行了系统回顾,发现社会调查方法在科技政策研究中得到日益广泛的应用,研究目的和统计方法的层次都有明显的提高,抽样方法、测量方法和资料收集方法的使用和呈现规范性水平也在不断提升。但仍存在对抽样代表性重视不足、调查方法呈现的规范性有待提高,以及对基本方法和概念理解不够准确等问题。文章最后还对未来如何提高调查研究方法水平提出了建议。
Social survey method has been widely used in Chinese Science & Technology policy research in recent years. However, systematic reviews and evaluations on application of survey method remained rare. Based on a review of 279 papers published in S&T policy research journals that used survey methods, this article described the general scenario of the application of social survey method in S&T policy research, including number of relevant studies, research theme, research aim, sampling, variable measuring, data collecting and statistical analysis, etc. The article further discussed to what extent these papers achieved the criterion of survey methodology, summarized characteristics of S&T policy research that might have impacts on the application of survey methods, and provided suggestions on improving the quality of survey studies in S&T policy research.