An Evaluation of the Science and Technology Innovation Ability on National High-tech Zones —Factor Analysis Based on Multi-inndex Panel Data

Abstract

This article adopts the method of panel data index factor analysis, to evaluate and analyze the input and output capacity of science and technology among88 national high-tech zones in China in the past six years. First of all, the author designs eight evaluation indexes on science and technology innovation ability, then, carries on six factor analysis to 88 statelevel high-tech zones between 2008 to 2013 with SPSS18.0 software, and extracts the two common factors: Input factor and output factor. Then, the author calculates their factor scores and integrated total scores with Microsoft Excel. Finally, the author calculates the integrated total score of panel data, finds out the factors which affect the development of science and technology innovation ability on high-tech zones according to the score, and provides a reference to the scientific and technological development of high-tech zones. Keywords—national high-tech zone; multi-index; panel data; factor analysis