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Chicago, Illinois, United States

Chicago, Illinois

Chicago, Illinois, United States

- Provided overall support for survey administration for various projects.- Conducted data cleaning and analysis with R and STATA.- Wrote R scripts to automate various project tasks.- Analyzed intermediate survey data to identify subgroups of interest for follow-up.- Assisted with the programming and testing of online surveys.- Assisted with planning and developing survey materials including contact materials, survey response reports, and technical manuals.- Created ad hoc data files, reports, and analyses for various projects- Managed help desk calls and emails for multiple projects.- Worked with variety of data sources such as survey data, electronic health records, and census data.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

- Provided overall support for survey administration and activities.- Assisted with the preliminary testing of a health-related survey.- Assisted with finding contact information and contacting potential participants.- Followed-up with potential participants during the survey window to try and improve response rates.- Conducted weekly quality control checks on the data and produced preliminary response rates.- Used the statistical program R to produce tables of response proportions of items for the final report.- Conducted and coded semi-structured interviews with respondents.- Presented intern summer project to Survey & Data Sciences division.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

- Assisted psychometricians with statistical analysis on state standardized tests using in-house programs and other statistical programs.- Assisted psychometricians with daily activities such as quality control checks, generating online reports, editing technical reports and communicating with clients.- Participated and planned large scale standard setting and items data review meetings.- Maintained project schedules and ensured that deliverables to clients were made in a timely manner.- Coordinated with other statistical support assistants to work across various projectsInterviewed, managed and trained new hires.

Rockville, Md

- Reviewed and edited data about food additive regulations for various countries. - Ensured the data was complete and accurate in the database.- Entered data about food regulations into excel files.- Conducted quality control checks on data to ensure accuracy.

Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States

- Assisted in cognitive psychology research on the relationship between rational thinking and intelligence and why intelligent people often make irrational decisions.- Actively participated in group discussions regarding required readings.- Attended weekly meetings.- Responsible for administering and proctoring surveys weekly.

Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States

- Assisted in social psychology research on hazing practices among fraternity and sorority members and a comparison between two different teaching methods for yearlong research methods and statistics courses.- Attended weekly meetings.- Administered and proctored surveys.- Entered data into SPSS and conducted appropriate test.

Timberville, Va

- Secured a volunteer position at a local elementary school for course credit and continued to volunteer after the course was completed. - Assisted teachers of 3rd and 5th grade students. - Responsibilities included grading papers, guiding students through their classroom assignments and working one on one with students. - Worked for approximately 100 hours.

Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States

- Attended weekly meetings.- Organized hand-outs, worksheets and other materials for class.- Found relevant examples for topics in the class.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Survey Methodology

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Psychology