Princeton University

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Overview

The Mamdouha S. Bobst Center for Peace and Justice at Princeton University is looking for a senior research specialist with advanced quantitative methods skills to assist in the development of projects covering a wide range of cutting-edge social science research. Applicants should, at the time of appointment, hold a PhD in statistics or computer science, political science, economics or other social science program or have comparable experience (i.e., a Master's degree in a data science discipline and relevant work experience). The candidate must have strong programming experience with STATA, R, and Python. Other helpful skills include knowledge of database management software and familiarity with experimental design, causal inference and survey design and implementation.

Responsibilities

The senior research specialist will work closely with faculty and students and will be involved in data acquisition, management, analysis and visualization as well as research design.

Qualifications

* PhD in statistics or computer science, political science, economics or other social science program OR Master's degree in a data science discipline and relevant work experience
* Excellent programming skills in STATA, R and Python
* Excellent data management, analysis and visualization skills
* Experience working with large and complex data sets

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