Job Title: Research Aide
PVN ID: QC-2306-005664
Category: Research
Location: QUEENS COLLEGE

Job Description

General Description

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Queens College looking for a Research Aide for a short-term position for June/July; up to $20 an hour for no more than 10 hours a week until needed.

The work primarily involves geocoding voter file data and merging with other data to add variables; cleaning the data; create panel data.

Other Duties

Qualifications

Required skills:

-Must have experience geocoding voter file data

-Must have experience with advanced regression, panel methods (fixed, random effects);

-Familiarity with American politics, voting behavior, elections

- Analyze data in R or Stata;

-Create graphs in R

-Merge datasets to create panel data of large datasets (millions of observations)

If interested please submit your CV/Resume and a brief description of relevant experience. If you have any questions, please email vanessa.perez@qc.cuny.edu.

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About the Research Foundation

The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) is a nonprofit educational corporation founded in 1963 to provide post-award fiscal and administrative support for CUNY’s research and sponsored programs. RFCUNY’s services allow CUNY researchers, faculty, and staff to focus on their intellectual curiosity and scientific discoveries, on projects and programs that serve our local and global communities, proposing concrete solutions to society’s most pressing challenges.

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Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

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Key Features

Department
Status
Part Time
Pay Range
$15.00-$20.00
Hour(s) a week
0.00-10.00
Closing Date
Aug 11, 2023 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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