TheCollegeBoard Hiring for Research Statistician I – REQ001229_43245530923_12-3175 at Boise, Idaho Full Time

This job was posted by https://idahoworks.gov : For more information,
please see: https://idahoworks.gov/jobs/2040619 About the Team

The Psychometrics Team supports College Board in serving more than seven
million students a year as they prepare for a successful transition to
college through programs and services in college readiness and college
success. College Board’s Psychometrics provides its partners with
measurement solutions that set the standard for quality, efficiency and
innovation through operational excellence and research leadership that
advances the field of Psychometrics and supports College Board’s
mission of access and equity in Education.

About the Opportunity

You will be joining a dynamic multidisciplinary team to support the
development of College Board’s state-of-the art psychometric analysis
systems and contribute to the design and development of new analytic
tools. You will play an important role in designing and implementing
modern technology solutions for psychometric analyses and work in a
collaborative Agile environment with psychometricians, research
statisticians, quality analysts, and a team of software engineers.
Besides contributing to systems development efforts, you will also
support routine statistical analysis projects for College Board
Assessment Programs (Advanced Placement Suite, ACCUPLACER, CLEP, and SAT
Suite of Assessments).

In this role, you will:

Systems Development

• Lead and contribute to the design and development of prototype
  software solutions for statistical and psychometric analyses.
• Lead and contribute to the development and maintenance of new
  analysis programs including but not limited to item and test
  analyses, security analysis, standard setting, and reporting.
• Test and validate existing programs to ensure accuracy, performance,
  and efficiency.

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– Contribute to visualizing analysis results of assessment data.

Statistical Analysis

• Write advanced queries/programs and generate reports representing a
  variety of formats.
• Work with a variety of data file formats supported by Cloud
  services.

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– Work with large databases and various web-based data storage
options.
– Develop more efficient procedures in the fulfillment of these
analyses that may include developing stored procedures/programs
and/or database solutions.

Operational Psychometrics

• Contribute to the development and improvement of operational
  processes.

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– Conduct quality assurance and quality control procedures as
requested to ensure the quality and accuracy of results.
– Contribute to technical reports for internal and external clients

About You

You have:

• M.S. in Statistics, Data science, or other quantitative discipline
  with an interest in developing analytic systems.

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– Demonstrated proficiency with modern computer programming (Python,
Julia, R or similar)
– Demonstrated proficiency with Cloud computing and web-based tools
(Athena)
– Demonstrated proficiency with Python libraries to support scientific
computing, data processing and visualization (SciPy, NumPy, Pandas,
Matplotlib)
– Experience with GitHub or other version control tools
– Experience with cloud storage services (e.g., AWS S3)

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– Experience with data science tools (e.g., Shiny, Tableau or similar)
– Experience with developing SAS macros
– Good understanding of relational databases
– Demonstrated proficiency in designing and conducting statistical
analyses and understanding complex algorithms.
– Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills

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– Ability to work with large assessment data
– Ability to work in a collaborative environment that e phasizes
quality, rigor, adaptability, and critical thinking
– Good organizational and time management skills
– Good oral and written communication skills including technical
presentation, public speaking, interpersonal, and writing and
editing skills.
– Strong problem-solving skills

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– Excellent interpersonal skills
– You are authorized to work in the United States

About Our Culture

We are motivated to positively impact the educational and career
trajectories of millions of students a year.

We prioritize building a diverse and inclusive team where every employee
can thrive, and every voice is heard.

We welcome staff to join any or all six of our affinity groups: ARISE
(Alliance for Asian Retention, Inclusion, Success, and Engagement;
DIASPORA (Alliance for Pan-African Success and Achievement); Pride
(alliance for LGBTQ+ staff and allies); Resilience (alliance for Native
staff and advocates); SALSA (Staff Alliance for Latinx Success and
Achievement); and WIN (Women’s Impact Network).

We value learning an