This contract establishes a mechanism to provide all of the support services required to conduct a wide variety of field studies. While the scientific direction and overall supervision for all projects is the responsibility of the professional staff of the Branch, support services provided by the contract include the development of liaison with organizations and individuals at a local or international level whose cooperation is needed for the conduct of a study; the design and development of forms required to conduct field investigations (interview forms, record-abstracting forms, interviewer manuals, etc.); the hiring, training, and supervision of technical personnel (interviewers, record abstractors, and persons to collect biological specimens); the actual collection of the required data; and the data reduction activities involved in field investigations (e.g., coding, keying, editing, and a variety of data processing activities). The contractor also must provide field supervision and develop quality control mechanisms to ensure the quality of the activities as well as the maintenance of control of all aspects of every study by the appropriate Branch investigators.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
Division of Cancer Epidemiology And Genetics (NCI)
Type
Research and Development Contracts (N01)
Project #
N01CP033013-010
Application #
3701712
Study Section
Project Start
1993-06-11
Project End
1998-06-29
Budget Start
1996-09-23
Budget End
1997-01-31
Support Year
Fiscal Year
1996
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
Westat, Inc.
Department
Type
DUNS #
City
Rockville
State
MD
Country
United States
Zip Code
20850
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