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Job Overview:
The Senior Psychometrician and Psychometrician will provide oversight of the technical quality of educational assessment and analysis activities.
Job Responsibilities- Senior Psychometrician:
Leads technical operational and research projects
Plans, coordinates, and performs statistical analysis for basic and/or segments of complex project or work assignments.
Works independently on most phases of statistical and/or psychometric analysis and provides guidance to less experienced psychometricians.
Provides guidance and oversight to project staff on technical aspects of their work.
Represents organization's position on technical issues to clients, external boards and panels, professional associations, and other agencies.
Accountable for basic and complex statistical design and analysis decisions such as variance estimations (weighting), sample design, statistical modeling, and psychometrics.
Ensures quality control of deliverables.
Designs, develops and documents technical and operational procedures and statistical guidelines for assigned area.
Assists with project development and monitors project budgets.
Applies advanced knowledge of statistical procedures, psychometric methods and their applications and statistical programming (e.g., SAS).
Job Responsibilities - Psychometrician:
Leads technical operational and research projects.
Ensures quality control of deliverables.
Performs and monitors statistical analyses required for data reporting and interpretation of results
Conducts research and special analyses and contributes to the development of data interpretation materials and publications.
Assists in planning, coordinating and conducting statistical work for assigned area. Accountable for basic statistical design and analysis decisions.
Assists in developing, designing and documenting technical and operational procedures and statistical guidelines
Represents organization's position on technical issues to professional associations and other agencies.
Applies sufficient knowledge of statistical procedures, psychometric methods and statistical programming to work independently on most aspects of statistical analysis work, while receiving instruction and guidance in other aspects.
What we are often looking for - Senior Psychometrician:
Ph.D. in Statistics, Education Measurement, Psychometrics, Psychological Measurement, or related field with an emphasis on quantitative analysis or Advanced training in psychometric research and statistics including item response theory, scaling and equating, Monte Carlo methods, sample design and computer programming.
At least 4 years of increasingly responsible professional experience, including experience with assessment systems, sampling theory and item response theory.
Ability to work effectively as a member of a team in a consulting environment.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
What we are often looking for - Psychometrician:
Ph.D. in Statistics, Psychological Measurement, Education Measurement, Psychometrics, or related field with an emphasis on quantitative analysis or psychometrics.
Training in psychometric research and statistics. Examples may include item response theory, scaling and equating, Monte Carlo methods, sample design and computer programming.
Related experience, including assessment systems, sampling theory and item response theory.
Ability to work effectively as a member of a team in a consulting environment.
Excellent interpersonal and communications skills in both written and spoken English.
Excellent computer programming skills, especially with SAS programming.
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