Senior Research Associate. Senior RAs are expected to handle one major data collection or three minor data collections in a given time period. Each Senior RA functionally reports to the PM that manages the data collection of a given cycle. Roles and responsibilities include but not limited to:
- Assist project manager/s with any aspect of management of a research project as needed with ability to share responsibility for assigned project tasks
- Assist the project manager/s in planning implementing and reporting of document data standards quality assurance procedures and process improvements on the assigned data collection cycle.
- Assist the project manager/s in handling institutional consumer and internal questions complaints and inquiries about datarelated matters
- Assist the project manager/s in analyzing and documenting database content at close of project
- Assist the project manager/s in reviewing all data extracts for quality and consistency
- Participate in development and review of specifications for support programming including survey preprint data entry proofprint data assembly programs and webbased data entry forms
- Assist project manager/s in developing quality assurance procedures; implement and execute quality assurance and data cleansing procedures.
- Develop document and execute database queries and reports for monitoring project progress data quality assurance and data extract delivery
- Supervise data collection workflow and review edited surveys for quality control.
- Judge data reliability on questionable survey answers and use editorial judgement to use or reject responses
- Assist project manager/s with the development and testing of online surveys and provide support for survey respondents.
- Participate in acceptance testing of database programs and online surveys
- Assist in coordination and execution of survey distribution
- Log and track surveys during various stages of a project to aid in the assessment of project status and productivity
- Clean data in Peterson s databases in response to queries identified during editing by error checking processes or by the project manager
- Carry out initial and supplementary editing and verifying of various data surveys using standard editing style
- Proofread surveys page proofs or error reports to ensure accuracy of keyed data and Petersons databases