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标准劳动力数据，包括研究生和本科生的数据。皇冠上的宝石是由美国国家科学基金会收集的SESTAT数据，它整合了三个数据库：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。获得许可处理机密数据的大学研究人员对这些数据进行了大部分分析。由于研究界对数据库及其可用性的认识有限，数据使用者并不多。2000年美国国家研究委员会的一份审查报告建议增加数据的使用，并建议加强NSF工作人员与外部研究人员之间的互动。这个项目将是一个为期一天的研讨会-在2005年秋季-为NSF数据的用户和潜在用户。讲习班的目标有三个：(1)在用户之间交换有关创造性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数据的方式以及其他用途的潜力，扩大用户基础；(3)向SRS提供有关数据和增强使用方法的反馈。

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.