The Story of U.S. Agricultural Estimates


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The Story of U. S. Agricultural Estimates (Classic Reprint)


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Excerpt from The Story of U. S. Agricultural Estimates Personnel files in the National Archives provided a mine of useful material. Letters, speeches, comments, 'and papers written by participants for various purposes, and usually not considered at the time as documents of historical significance, were equally useful. In addition to these sources, Newell drew heav ily on his close association with the crop and livestock estimating program since the early 1920's. His contribution was prepared after his retirement as Chairman of the Cr0p Report ing Board in 1966. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
















Chronological Landmarks in American Agriculture


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This chronology lists major events in the history of U.S. agriculture. A source to which the reader may turn for additional information on the subject is included with most of the events. Generally, each source appears only once, although it may apply to more than one chronological citation. pp. The reader interested in a particular subject can compile a short bibliography by consulting each citation for that subject.




Looking Forward


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Introduction: crisis of certainty -- Cotton guesses -- The daily "probabilities"--Weather prophecies -- Economies of the future -- Promises of love and money -- Epilogue: specters of uncertainty




Indirect Estimators in U.S. Federal Programs


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In 1991, a subcommittee of the Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology met to document the use of indirect estimators - that is, estimators which use data drawn from a domain or time different from the domain or time for which an estimate is required. This volume comprises the eight reports which describe the use of indirect estimators and they are based on case studies from a variety of federal programs. As a result, many researchers will find this book provides a valuable survey of how indirect estimators are used in practice and which addresses some of the pitfalls of these methods.