Answer the question. What are the relationships between R&D spending, patents and economic performance? Below is the grading rubric used for this discussion question: Criteria Points Discussion Question Submitted the discussion question and completely answered the question. A quality response fully answers the question asked. 25 points APA Standards Written response conforms to APA format (in-text citations and references as required, punctuation, headings, paraphrasing, seriation). At a minimum, focus on in-text citations, sentence punctuation, seriation rules, and reference list construction. You should list and cite the text, as appropriate, when responding to the discussion question. 3 points Spelling and Grammar Submitted assignment was checked for spelling and grammar errors. 2 points
