Purdue is noted for its program in marketing, price analysis, and food system organization. This area includes microeconomic studies of: Evaluation of the Competitive Environment for Marketing Strategies, Quantitative Analysis of Food and Agricultural Product Prices, Organization of Vertically-Linked Food Marketing Systems, Alternative Approaches to Assessing Market Performance and Assessment of Antitrust Policies. This option is designed to prepare a graduate for a job in business, government, or for continued graduate study. Persons with a master's degree in marketing and price analysis may move directly to a staff position with a private firm, as a technical analyst with the U.S. Department of Agriculture or other public agencies, or one of several other positions. The M.S. degree program attempts to develop a student's economic intuition and broaden the set of tools available for economic analysis.