New Triangle Census Research Network to be Created

13 October 2011 11:20AM

Faculty from the Duke Departments of Economics and Statistical Science have been awarded a $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation (in partnership with the US Census Bureau) to improve the way that federal statistical agencies analyze and disseminate economic and demographic data to the public. Investigators from Economics include Joe Hotz, Seth Sanders, and Peter Arcidiacono, and from Statistical Science include Jerry Reiter (PI), David Dunson, and Fan Li.

The team will use the award to create the Triangle Census Research Network (TCRN), one of eight such networks across the country. The TCRN will develop cutting edge statistical methodologies to help statistical agencies (i) release data that maintain subjects' confidentiality while still enabling valid inference, (ii) handle missing and faulty values, and (iii) combine information across sources. The team will apply methodologies to high profile Census Bureau datasets, thereby improving analyses for hundreds of other researchers.

PhD students interested in learning more about this project should contact Professors Reiter, Sanders, Hotz, or Arcidiacono. Interested MSEM students should contact Professor Reiter.

Read more about the grant and the TCRN in Duke Today.

Learn more about the TCRN at its website.