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Lead Data Analyst, Research

Westat is hiring a Lead Data Analyst, Research with 5 - 10 years of experience. Based in United States - Rockville, MD and with Remote ways of working.Job description and responsibilities:Westat is seeking a Lead Education Research Associate-Data Analyst to work closely with a multidisciplinary research team conducting education research and evaluation projects. In this role you will use your excellent analytic and communication skills and strong attention to detail to support Westat’s project work.This position is remote based. Occasional visits to our Rockville, Maryland office is encouraged.Job Responsibilities• Provide technical support to project staff by working with statisticians and overseeing programmers on education research.• Write programming specifications for cleaning of administrative data and data analysis.• Develop restricted-use files and documentation.• Check data fields, web programming specifications, and data from online surveys.• Coordinate with statisticians to review sampling and weighting plans.• Conduct quality control for data deliverables.• Assist in developing analysis plans.• Contribute to report writing.• Contribute to proposals for new projects.Requirements and qualifications:Basic Qualifications• A Master’s degree in a social science field (e.g., economics, public policy, sociology, education, psychology) and 5 years of relevant experience.• Experience working with large-scale data sets and conducting statistical analyses with software packages (e.g., R, SAS, or Stata).• Experience working with longitudinal student-level education K-12 data sets.• U.S. Citizenship is required by contract.Preferred Qualifications• Basic knowledge of sampling and weighting.• Training in research methods.• Experience working with large-scale federal education K-12 data sets, such as EDFacts, Common Core of Data, Consolidated State Performance Reports, or Civil Rights Data Collection.Other Required Qualifications• Demonstrated communication skills.• Collaboration with teams, managers and/or clients.• Organization skills, including time management ability.• Detail oriented.

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Survey the market research business, and you'll find Westat among the leaders of the pack. A statistical survey organization, the company provides research and consulting services, including study design and analysis, data collection, program eval...

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August 4, 2024

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