Harvard Law School is seeking to hire a part-time researcher. The initial appointment will be for one year, with an option for reappointment, subject to performance and available funding. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled. The job announcement is pasted below. To apply, please click here<https://jobs.brassring.com/tgwebhost/jobdetails.aspx?jobId=1151738&PartnerId=25240&SiteId=5341&type=mail&JobReqLang=1&recordstart=1&JobSiteId=5341&JobSiteInfo=1151738_5341&gqid=0>.

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Arevik Avedian
Statistician and Lecturer on Law
Harvard Law School
507 Areeda Hall
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617.495.5268


Job Details:

Auto req ID: 36151BR

Business Title: Empirical Legal Researcher

School/Unit: Harvard Law School

Location: USA - MA - Cambridge

Job Function: Research

Time Status: Part-time

Schedule: To be determined

Department: HLS^LIB^Research Services

Salary Grade: 057

Union: 00 - Non Union, Exempt or Temporary

Duties & Responsibilities:
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
•    Assist Harvard Law School students, staff, and faculty with empirical research.
•    Formulate research designs and suggest ways to improve designs, identify potential problems, recommend and implement solutions.
•    Investigate, analyze and interpret data using multivariate statistical modeling.
•    Provide consulting and programming for database management.
•    Assist with procuring data sets and setting up data for use with statistical packages such as Stata and SPSS. Provide consulting and assistance with statistical packages.
•    Assist in designing and implementing surveys.
•    Assist in designing and implementing experiments, online and field.

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
•    Create and present overviews of statistical analysis, analyzing with Stata; create surveys in Qualtrics and Amazon Mechanical Turk.

Basic Qualifications
•    M.S. in Statistics; or Ph.D. in Social/Behavioral Science with emphasis on quantitative/statistical methods.
•    5+ years of relevant experience
•    Advanced knowledge of Stata

Additional Qualifications
•    Extensive experience in application of quantitative methods to social science and/or legal data.
•    Ability to create and run surveys on Qualtrics and Amazon Mechanical Turk.
•    Experience teaching quantitative course(s).
•    Knowledge of SPSS and R

Additional Information: This is a term appointed position, currently expected to extend through 6/30/16, subject to available funding and business needs.

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