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... . PLANNING THE WORKSHOP CNSTAT recruited and gained approval for the planning committee: five individuals with expertise in model-based estimation and measures of uncertainty for small geographic areas using multiple data sources; knowledge of data sources relevant for hogs and pigs; and uses of hog and pig estimates for decision making and analysis.
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... In addi tion, the workshop will consider the suitability of the data that feed into the model and the properties desired in the estimates of uncertainty. farmers and other auxiliary data sources; (3)
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... However, the model performed well during times of equilibrium, not during shocks such as disease or flooding, which is when the NASS Agricultural Statistics Board could most use the help of a good model. She expressed hope that the workshop would provide NASS with insights to help solve the problem of identifying shocks, monitoring data, and using models to combine data sources to publish high-quality estimates with standard errors, even during times of shock.
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... The steering committee's role was limited to planning and convening the workshop and serving as expert discussants during the workshop. The views contained in the proceedings are those of individual workshop participants and do not necessarily represent the views of nonparticipants, other workshop participants, the steering committee, or the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.


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