Job Description
The Quantitative Research Assistant (QRA) works with CAL’s psychometrics and quantitative research team to provide assistance and support in research and project activities related to the ACCESS for ELLs English language proficiency assessment and other English language proficiency assessments. The QRA assists senior researchers in the preparation of analyses, data, tables, and figures to include in written reports. Work includes the analysis of assessment data for internal and external applications, and the preparation of technical reports. Essential duties include data cleaning, creating SPSS syntax and R scripts to clean and manipulate data sets, working with large data files, descriptive statistical analysis, writing technical procedures, and implementing quality assurance procedures.
About Center for Applied Linguistics
The Center for Applied Linguistics is a nonprofit organization promoting access, equity and mutual understanding for linguistically and culturally diverse people around the world.