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American Institutes for Research · 9 hours ago

NAEP Doctoral Student Intern (Summer 2025)

United States

Internship

Remote

Intern

$40/hr - $40/hr

Start in 2025 Summer

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Responsibilities

The doctoral student interns will contribute to the development of statistical methods and substantive knowledge about education that inform the discussion, debate, and planning of decision-makers at national, state, and local levels.

Specific research topics and project assignments will be based on a consideration of applicants’ skills and interests as well as NCES’s priorities.

Examples of past projects can be found on our alumni page under each Intern Cohort at https://naep-research.airprojects.org/Explore-Opportunities/Internship-Alumni.

Example opportunities include presentations to the NCES client and proposal submissions to research conferences.

Qualification

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Statistical methodsPsychometric methodsData analysisData visualizationPythonRMplusStataGenerative modelsNLP methodsEthical AI principlesComplex sampling design

Required

Must be a current doctoral student (for the duration of the internship) in educational measurement, statistics, information sciences, sociology, psychology, economics, computer science, or a related field

Have completed two years of coursework in a doctoral program or hold a master’s degree completed in a relevant field by the time of internship

Experience with applying advanced statistical and/or psychometric methods

Proven experience with statistical software such as, but not limited to, Mplus, Python, R, and Stata

Strong organizational and interpersonal skills

Preferred

Experience analyzing data from large-scale surveys and assessment data with complex sampling design is an asset

Additional qualifications for re-envisioning quantitative information applicants: demonstrable advanced experience with R and creating data visualizations using the software, as well as familiarity with developing reports

Additional qualifications for artificial intelligence applicants: familiarity with generative models like transformers (e.g., GPT-4) and cloud services, good understanding of ethical AI principles, experience with NLP methods such as topic modeling, and experience in evaluating AI using appropriate metrics

Company

American Institutes for Research

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An independent, not-for-profit corporation which performs basic and applied research

Founded in 1946

Washington, District of Columbia, USA

1001-5000 employees

http://www.air.org/

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