[Jobs] social science researcher at Stanford

[Leora Lawton]

Stanford University seeks a social scientist to work on a survey research project
entitled "Understanding Public Opinion About Education."

We are seeking a social scientist to join our team in carrying out a series of
public opinion surveys about the ways the American public, and especially Hispanics
and young people, view education....
The project will bring together Stanford’s leading experts on education policy and
public opinion surveys, and education reporters and editors from the news media to
collaborate on innovative surveys about education issues.  The project is being
developed with the cooperation of The Associated Press, the world’s largest
independent news organization with a daily audience of almost half the world’s
population.  The project will include rarely done surveys of Hispanics and young
people and tackle issues that few public opinion surveys have tackled before.

The Understanding Public Opinion About Education Project is funded by the Bill and
Melinda Gates Foundation.

We are seeking a researcher to join our staff and to contribute to all aspects of
running the project.  We do data analysis and manuscript writing for publication. 
We design questionnaires.  We test the functioning of questionnaires that will be
administered via computers and orally to assure that they are effective measurement
tools.  And we edit data files, analyze data, conduct methodological research,
supervise data collection firms, manage a budget, and conduct administrative tasks.

Our new staff member will accomplish this work collaboratively with the study’s
Principal Investigators and research assistants.

The new staff member’s work will include:

·      Working collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team of researchers.

·      Writing, editing, and reviewing
questionnaires and their programming specifications.

·      Testing computer implementation of questionnaires.

·      Reviewing and analyzing data files using
statistical software (SPSS, Stata, or R).

·      Preparing data files for analysis.

·      Writing, editing, and reviewing survey documentation and reports.

·      Managing and monitoring the activities of firms doing data collection.

·      Supervising undergraduate research assistants.

·      Managing administrative tasks for the project.

·      Co-authoring journal articles for publication.

·      Collaborating with Associated Press personnel.

Qualifications desired:

·      Doctoral degree in a quantitative social
science (e.g., political science, psychology, sociology, communication, economics,
statistics) or a related field.

·      Experience conducting social science research.

·      Proficiency using statistical software (e.g., SPSS, Stata, or R).

·      Experience planning and conducting surveys.

·      Experience writing social science articles
for academic journal publication.

·      Expertise in one or more of the following
areas:  Statistical data analysis, questionnaire design, research methodology,
project management, education.

The position is a full-time, exempt, term appointment for 12 months, with full
benefits, with the possibility of extension, dependent on availability of funding.

The position will be filled as soon as possible.

To apply, go to:

http://jobs.stanford.edu/index.html

click on "Job Search" on the left side.

Search for 36901 by typing that number into the "Keyword Search" box.

Click on "Academic Research and Program Officer"

Go to the bottom of the page and click "Apply".



-- 
Dr. Leora Lawton
Executive Director, Berkeley Population Center
 & Lecturer, Sociology Dept.
112A Survey Research Center
Corner Channing & Bowditch
(510) 643-1270 (office)
(510) 928-7572 (cell)