Federal Statistics Fellowship Program

美国统计协会（ASA）提议将独立的ASA/NSF奖学金项目与人口普查局（Census）、劳工统计局（BLS）和国家教育统计中心（NCES）合并为一个项目。这个项目在学术学者和政府社会科学研究之间架起了桥梁。研究人员和助理将在联邦统计机构研究方法问题和政策问题；反过来，政府社会科学家将与访问学者合作，以获得将理论进步应用于其工作的专业知识。如果不直接接触联邦机构的日常数据和人力资本资源，在这些机构工作就不可能进行研究。此外，拟议的合并将允许研究人员在多个机构工作，刺激适用于广泛统计项目的新研究。从历史上看，联邦统计机构已经从ASA/NSF研究员和同事进行的现场研究中获得了巨大的收益。通过对方法和分析问题的持续调查，基础科学知识也得到了发展，这些问题来自他们与这些机构的“实际”经验。计划整合三个原有的奖学金项目——人口普查、劳工统计局和NCES——有望提高整个项目的收益，同时降低其运营成本。

The American Statistical Association (ASA) proposes to consolidate separate ASA/NSF Fellowship Programs with the Bureau of Census (Census), Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), and the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) into a single program. This program bridges the gap between academic scholars and government social science research. Research Fellows and Associates will work on methodological problems and policy issues in a Federal statistical agency; government social scientists in turn will work with the visiting scholars to gain expertise in applying theoretical advancements to their work. Residence at the agencies allows for research impossible without direct day-to-day access to the Federal agencies' data and human capital resources. In addition, the proposed consolidation will allow researchers to work in more than one agency, stimulating new research applicable to a wide spectrum of statistical programs. Historically, Federal statistical agencies have realized significant benefits from on-site research conducted by ASA/NSF Fellows and Associates. Basic scientific knowledge also has advanced through the continued investigation of methodological and analytical problems growing out of their "hands-on" experience with these agencies. The planned consolidation of the three original Fellowship programs - Census, BLS and NCES - promises to enhance the yield of the overall project, while at the same time reducing its cost of operation.