In this role, you will focus attention on further developing data processing, programming, and data analysis mechanisms in a proactive manner. You will have important project responsibilities, and guidance and advice from senior colleagues will be available. It is essential that you possess the demonstrated ability to work collaboratively, think linearly, and solve problems with an element of creativity.

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in one or more of: Statistics, Market Research, Econometrics, Marketing Science, Computer Science, Mathematics, Advertising.

Education should also include an emphasis in Psychology or Sociology. In all cases, a substantial quantitative skill base must be possessed.

Skills

From an analytic perspective, you must have a solid understanding of research study design, questionnaire writing, data validation, statistical reliability, and multivariate statistics (e.g. multiple regression, variable clustering, people based clustering).

From a programming perspective, you must be adept at data manipulation, quantitative analysis, and be completely fluent with computer-based office productivity suites (e.g. iWorks, Microsoft Office, etc.) Experience with either the R or S-Plus programming languages is highly desired.

Experience

At least two years of quantitative research experience either in an academic research setting or in industry. You must demonstrate through previous project experience your ability to conduct research.

 
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