Using the SRS Human Resource Data to Study the Science and Engineering Workforce, Washington DC-Fall 2005

美国收集了非常高质量的S员工数据，包括研究生和本科生。王冠上的宝石是国家科学基金会收集的SESTAT数据，该数据整合了三个数据库：大学毕业生调查、最近大学毕业生调查和博士学位获得者调查。已经获得处理机密数据许可证的大学研究人员已经完成了这些数据的大部分分析工作。由于研究界对数据库及其可获得性的了解有限，数据用户并不多。2000年国家研究委员会的一项审查建议增加数据的使用，并建议增加NSF工作人员与外部研究人员之间的互动。该项目将于2005年秋季为国家科学基金数据的用户和潜在用户举办为期一天的讲习班。讲习班的目标有三个：(1)在用户之间交流有关创造性地使用数据和研究成果的信息；(2)通过使潜在用户熟悉现有数据和目前使用这些数据的方式以及其他类型使用的可能性，扩大用户基础；(3)向工作人员代表提供关于数据和加强使用的方式的反馈。

The United States collects extraordinarily high-quality data on the S&E workforce, both at the graduate and undergraduate level. The jewel in the crown is the SESTAT data collected by the National Science Foundation, which integrates three databases: The Survey of College Graduates, The Survey of Recent College Graduates, and the Survey of Doctoral Recipients. University researchers who have received licenses to work with the confidential data have done most of the analysis of these data. Because of limited knowledge in the research community concerning the databases and their availability, there have not been many data users. A 2000 National Research Council review recommended increased use of the data and the need for increased interaction between NSF staff and outside researchers. This project will be a one-day workshop - in the Fall of 2005 -- for users and potential users of the NSF data. The goals of the workshop are threefold: (1) Exchange information among users concerning creative uses of the data and research outcomes; (2) Broaden the base of users by familiarizing potential users with the data that is available and ways in which the data is currently being used as well as the potential for other kinds of use; (3) Provide feedback to SRS regarding the data and ways to enhance use.