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Expressions of interest_SAS macro translation to R
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) is seeking expressions of interest to translate a published statistical method from SAS language to R language.
The method was developed by the US National Cancer Institute (NCI) for estimating usual intakes of foods and nutrients from national nutrition survey data. Information about the method can be found on the NCI website: http://appliedresearch.cancer.gov/diet/usualintakes/method.html.
FSANZ plans to use the NCI method in the future but in R language for performing statistical analyses on Australian national nutrition survey results that may include up to 30 000 respondents.
Within the NCI method, FSANZ requires translation of both the “amount” and the “amount+probability” models.
The specific SAS Macros to be translated are the “Mixtran Macro” and the “Distrib Macro”, these codes can be seen at: http://appliedresearch.cancer.gov/diet/usualintakes/macros_single.html
More specific requirements will be provided later to potential contractors following the completion of the expression of interest.
FSANZ intends to finalise contracts by the mid November 2013 for product delivery by end February 2014.
Please submit you expression of interest to FSANZ by cob 27 September 2013, with a brief description of why you are interested in this project, your experience in SAS and R programming and a CV; knowledge of statistics would be an advantage.
Please address inquiries and expressions of interest to:
Pierre Pouliquin Food Standards Australia New Zealand PO Box 7186 Canberra BC ACT 2610 55 Blackall Street Barton ACT 2601 +61 2 6271 2635
www.foodstandards.gov.au pierre.pouliquin@foodstandards.gov.au
Hi Pierre, we are based in Canberra. We are a team of developers. One of us have R development experience (along with C, Perl, C++ and C#). He has statistical analysis experience and a doctorate in mathematical physics. We are are ready to meet you face to face to understand requirements. Our charges are around $100 per hour + GST. We are ready to meet you on a regular basis as the project progresses. Regards, San
I note that, according to the job description, this contract closed on 27-09-2013, however I only received a request for service from OzLance today (29-09-2013). I have no experience in either SAS macros or the R programing language. I imagine that there are not a great number of programmers with experience in these areas. I do however have the ability to learn new languages quickly and am an extremely competent C, C++, C#, VBA and Java programmer with commercial experience in other proprietary languages. My rate is $100 per hour and I have no idea how long it will take to perform the work that you need done. I can assure you that, if you assign me the contract, I will approach the job in a competent and professional manner and perform the work to the best of my abilities.
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