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Iowa RDC

The Iowa Federal Statistical Research Data Center is the first Federal Statistical Research Data Center in the state of Iowa. Located within Heady Hall on the Iowa State University campus the Iowa FSRDC provides qualified researchers with access to restricted-use data from participating federal statistical agencies. The Iowa FSRDC is a branch of the Central Plains Research Data Center.

RDC Executive Directors 

Joshua L. Rosenbloom, Ph.D., Co-Executive Director

Rosenbloom is a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts and an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the Cliometric Society, and the Economic History Association. His research interests include: U.S. economic history, the economics of science, technology and innovation, and labor economics.

 

Zhengyuan Zhu, Ph.D., Co-Executive Director

Zhu is Director of the Center for Survey Statistics and Methodology at Iowa State University and a Fellow of the American Statistical Association. His research spans survey statistics, spatial statistics, and data integration, with applications in agriculture, environment, and official statistics.

Contact Information

Rachelle Hill, Ph.D., Acting Administrator

Iowa Research Data Center
Iowa State University
518 Farm House Ln
Ames, IA 50011

Email: [email protected]

Partner Institutions

The operation of each Federal Statistical Research Data Center (RDC) is supported by both the Census Bureau and RDC partner institutions. Some RDC partner institutions form consortiums to share the operational costs of the RDC and may waive user fees for their affiliates. Several RDCs have built branch locations to reduce the cost of researchers commuting to the core location while still maintaining the identical stringent information technology and physical security requirements.

Contact Information

Partner Institutions

The operation of each Federal Statistical Research Data Center (RDC) is supported by both the Census Bureau and RDC partner institutions. Some RDC partner institutions form consortiums to share the operational costs of the RDC and may waive user fees for their affiliates. Several RDCs have built branch locations to reduce the cost of researchers commuting to the core location while still maintaining the identical stringent information technology and physical security requirements.

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