Abstract
The magnitude of both the displacement of commercial sales and the increase in consumption associated with a commodity distribution program are characterized using the truncated normal distribution. This method is easier to implement and requires less data than previous methods. It is applied to data from the 1986 Survey of TEFAP Recipients and is quite accurate.
Keywords
commodity distribution program, displacement of sales, consumption
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Recommended Citation
Levedahl, J. William
(1989).
"EVALUATING THE EFFECT OF COMMODITY DONATION PROGRAMS USING THE TRUNCATED NORMAL DISTRIBUTION,"
Conference on Applied Statistics in Agriculture.
https://doi.org/10.4148/2475-7772.1464
EVALUATING THE EFFECT OF COMMODITY DONATION PROGRAMS USING THE TRUNCATED NORMAL DISTRIBUTION
The magnitude of both the displacement of commercial sales and the increase in consumption associated with a commodity distribution program are characterized using the truncated normal distribution. This method is easier to implement and requires less data than previous methods. It is applied to data from the 1986 Survey of TEFAP Recipients and is quite accurate.
