[Jobs] Fwd: Applied Research Job Opening at Stanford University

[Leora Lawton]

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>> Stanford University's Woods Institute for the Environment seeks to hire a full-time Social Science Research assistant for a one-year appointment, with possibility of renewal, beginning as soon as possible.
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>> The person hired will work on the following two projects, as well as others:
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>> 1) A project focused on understanding American public opinion on issues related to the environment. The project will entail designing surveys to be administered with national samples of respondents, supervision of the data collection, conduct of statistical analysis of the obtained data, drafting reports of the analysis results for public release and academic publication, preparation of conference presentations, and delivery of conference presentations.
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>> 2) A project evaluating the effectiveness of a new method of online survey data collection related to opinions on the environment. Data have already been collected, so work will involve statistical analysis of the data and drafting reports of the analysis results for academic publication, preparation of conference presentations, and delivery of conference presentations.
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>> The person hired in this position can expect to coauthor a series of publications in prestigious outlets, in close collaboration with other researchers at Stanford.
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>> The person hired will join and collaborate with a large research team of graduate students and undergraduate students working under the direction of a professor.
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>> Qualifications: PhD in social psychology, political science, sociology, economics, communication, survey research methodology, or a related social science. Qualified candidates will have experience analyzing data from large-scale surveys, building statistical weights, command of advanced statistics (e.g., covariance structure modeling, hierarchical linear modeling, time series analysis, bootstrapping, imputation), advanced training in survey research methods, and successful experience co-authoring peer reviewed quantitative academic publications. The position requires effective project management skills and excellent written and oral communication skills.
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>> To apply: http://jobs.stanford.edu/find_a_job.html, and search for job ID 47556
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