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U -- STATISTICS SEGMENT OF THE FOREIGN SERVICE ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL STUDIES PROGRAM SOL S-FSIAQ-98-Q-0201 DUE 072798 POC Point of Contact -- Ernest Williams, 703-302-6803, Contracting Officer The Foreign Service Institute (FSI) seeks the services of a contractor to design and deliver the Statistics segment of the Foreign Service Economic and Commercial Studies Program. The design of this course shall include fifteen classroom sessions in statistics that will include several computer-based exercises to provide supplemental real world applications of the material covered in the course. The Statistics course is the first of a two-part sequence in statistics and econometrics. The students in the program are typically mid-career Foreign Service Officers with bachelors and masters degrees in fields other than economics. The goal of the course is to give the students an awareness of the mathematical foundation of descriptive and inferential statistics, but to emphasize the students practical application of the statistical techniques covered. This action is reserved for small businesses. Requests for information should be directed to the Office of Acquisitions at the address listed above or faxed to E. Williams -- Fax No. 703-302-7227. (AC0708011-05) Posted 07/08/98. (0189)

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