Senior Research Associate (Center for Insights in Survey Research)
International Republican Institute
- Washington DC
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Undergraduate degree in statistics, political science, international relations or related field. Graduate degree preferred.
- 2-4 years of experience in public opinion research or related field (international experience preferred.)
- Intermediate or higher understanding of statistics (at least one course) required, and of research methodology (at least one course) required.
- Experience with Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint required. Experience creating and customizing Excel and PowerPoint graphs preferred.
- Experience creating data visualizations or infographics for polling data preferred.
- At least 400 hours experience working with SPSS or similar statistical software required.
- Excellent writing, research and communication skills.
- Attention to detail.
- Undergraduate degree in statistics, political science, international relations or related field.
- 1-3 years of experience in public opinion research or related field (international experience preferred.)
- Intermediate or higher understanding of statistics (at least one course) required, and of research methodology (at least once course) preferred.
- At least 100 hours experience working with SPSS or similar statistical software required.
- The major responsibility of this position is to review SPSS datasets of survey data for quality control purposes. Such checks will include, but are not limited to, a review of the weighting scheme and census data, various internal cohesion checks to identify potential contradictions and/or deviations from fieldwork protocols, problematic patterns linked to specific interview languages/interviewers/regions etc., data structure review for potential indications that a question was not administered correctly such as a base being smaller or larger than expected, comparison of the data against previous IRI polls and/or third-party data, comparing actual sampling points to the sampling plan, a review of all aggregates and a selection of disaggregates flagging any unexpected findings, etc.
- Another major responsibility is to compare the raw data against figures cited in presentations and/or reports and/or dashboards and/or to produce custom crosstabulations or data comparison exported to Excel.
- Another major responsibility is to produce data graphs and charts for PowerPoint presentations that adhere to CISR’s PowerPoint style guide. This may involve customization of Microsoft’s standard graph types.
- Another major responsibility is to ensure that all CISR research related files are saved in the correct location on SharePoint in line with CISR naming conventions.
- Less frequently assigned responsibilities include:
- Maintenance of spreadsheet tracking CISR core question data across countries and over time.
- Preparation of codebooks.
- Review and coding of qualitative transcripts.
- Produce research memos on various topics.
- General CISR logistical support.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
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