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Introduction: See below for the job announcement. It’s for Teachers College, which is about 2 blocks from the statistics department and 2 blocks from the political science department. So even though I don’t have any official connection with Teachers College (besides occasionally working with them on research projects), I very much would like to have another exciting young applied researcher here, to complement all the people we currently have in stat, poli sci, engineering, etc. In particular, we have zillions of interesting and important social science research projects going on here, and they all need statistics work. A lot of social scientists do statistics, but it’s not so easy to find a statistician who does serious social science research. All this is to say that I hope this job gets some applicants from some people who are serious about applied statistics and the development of new models and methods. Teachers College, Columbia University Department of Human Development APPLIE
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5 The College seeks applications from candidates with research interests in any area of applied statistics, but preference will be given to applicants with expertise in methods related to the analysis of large-scale observational data, educational data mining, causal inference, or meta-analysis. [sent-9, score-1.157]
6 Women, minorities, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. [sent-10, score-0.169]
7 Send: CV, cover letter stating how you meet the qualifications, a brief statement of professional research and teaching interests, evidence of effective teaching in applied statistics, three letters of reference, and any relevant publications to Professor Matthew Johnson, Search Committee Chair. [sent-11, score-0.681]
8 Search Timetable: Review of applications will begin November 15 2010 and continue until the search is completed. [sent-12, score-0.358]
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