Federal award (DELIVERY ORDER, fiscal year 2021)
Recipient: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL SCIENCES
Awarding agency: Department of Agriculture / Agricultural Research Service
Funding agency: Department of Agriculture / National Agricultural Statistics Service
Period of performance: 2021-09-01 to 2023-08-31
Current total value of award: $482156
Description: NASS REQUIRES TECHNICAL RESEARCH SERVICES OF A STATISTICIAN WITH SPECIALIZED SKILLS: (1) MODELING AND PRODUCING SMALL AREA ESTIMATES, (2) BAYESIAN MODELS THAT CAN ACCOUNT FOR PERTURBATIONS IN THE SYSTEM, AND (3) COMBINING DISPARATE DATA COLLECTED AND