SPAIG Award Collaboration: The National Science Foundation-Census Research Network (NCRN)

• Activity Number: 598 - Statistical Partnerships in Excellence: Featuring SPAIG Award Winning Collaborations
• Type: Invited
• Date/Time: Thursday, August 2, 2018 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
• Sponsor: Stats. Partnerships Among Academe Indust. & Govt. Committee
• Author(s): Daniel H Weinberg and Lars Vilhuber*
• Companies: Consultant and Cornell University
• Keywords: Census Bureau; NSF; Federal Statistical System; collaboration; network

Abstract

The National Science Foundation-Census Bureau Research Network (NCRN) was established in 2011 to create interdisciplinary research nodes, on methodological questions of interest and significance to the broader research community and to the Federal Statistical System (FSS), particularly the Census Bureau. The activities to date have covered both fundamental and applied statistical research and have focused at least in part on the training of current and future generations of researchers in skills of relevance to surveys and alternative measurement of economic units, households, and persons. This presentation discusses some of the key research findings of the eight nodes. It also describes collaborations across nodes and with federal agencies, new software developed, and education activities and outcomes. The presentation concludes with an evaluation of the ability of the FSS to apply the NCRN's research outcomes and suggests some next steps, as well as the implications of this research-network model for future federal government renewal initiatives.