RANKING OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PERFORMANCE OF EUROPEAN COUNTRIES BY ARAS (ADDITIVE RATIO ASSESSMENT) METHOD

Year 2019, Issue: 1, 69 - 81, 03.02.2019

Serap Pelin Türkoğlu

Abstract

Science and
technology are the factors that play an important
role in the socioeconomic development of countries. Advanced level of science
and technology for countries is also a sign of their development. In this
study, 26 European countries' science and technology indicators for 2015 were
analysed by using ARAS (Additive Ratio Assessment) method and the rank of their
performances was obtained. The number of R&D researchers, R&D expenditure, number of
patent applications and high technology exports were used to evaluate the
science and technology performances of the countries. According to the analysis
results, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands, and Sweden are in the first place in
terms of science and technology performance, whereas Croatia, Latvia and
Romania have the opposite situation.

Keywords

Science, Technology, ARAS Method

ARAS YÖNTEMİYLE AVRUPA ÜLKELERİNİN BİLİM VE TEKNOLOJİ PERFORMANSLARININ SIRALANMASI

Abstract

Bilim ve teknoloji, ülkelerin sosyoekonomik gelişmelerinde
önemli rol oynayan unsurlardır. Ülkelerin bilim ve teknolojide ileride olması
gelişmiş olduklarının da göstergesidir. Bu çalışmada 26 Avrupa ülkesinin 2015
yılındaki bilim ve teknoloji göstergeleri analiz edilerek, performanslarının sıralaması
elde edilmiştir. Analizler ARAS (Additive Ratio Assessment) yöntemiyle gerçekleştirilmiştir. İncelenen
ülkelerin bilim ve teknoloji performanslarını değerlendirmek için Ar-Ge
araştırmacıları sayısı, Ar-Ge harcaması, patent başvuru sayısı ve yüksek
teknoloji ürünü ihracatı değişkenleri kullanılmıştır. Analiz sonuçlarına göre
Almanya, Birleşik Krallık, Hollanda ve İsveç bilim ve teknoloji performansı
açısından ilk sıralarda yer alırken, Hırvatistan, Letonya ve Romanya için tam
tersi durum söz konusudur.

Keywords

Bilim, Teknoloji, ARAS Yöntemi, Avrupa Ülkeleri

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