Technical Assistance NCHS offers technical assistance to interested parties in the areas of health statistics development and in access to or use of existing health-related data. Staff members from the major survey divisions of NCHS are frequently called upon to assist in developing sample survey questionnaires, methods, and procedures. Other research or analytical staff provide assistance in the areas of survey design, estimation, and analytical methods. Where design-based estimates for small areas are impossible from existing survey vehicles, NCHS provides guidance in the development of and use of model-based estimates. NCHS uses a variety of opportunities to share plans, developments, and analyses. These include university lectures and seminars; data systems seminars; special topic seminars; presentation of research findings at annual association meetings; conferences, workshops, symposia; and ad hoc site visits for unique problem solution.
This page last reviewed January 11, 2007
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