Quantitative Research Scientist

Job Description
Action Lab, EdPlus at Arizona State University (ASU) is currently seeking a highly-motivated Quantitative Management Research Analyst (informally called an Action Lab Researcher or Research Scientist) to join our dynamic, interdisciplinary research team. This opportunity might be perfect for you if you are passionate about rigorous, scholarly quantitative research, and love working on transformational projects
to increase the scale of learning and improve equity, inclusivity, and the quality of education for learners everywhere.

The Action Lab team drives continuous improvement in online, hybrid, and emerging modes of teaching and learning in higher education through rigorous, scholarly research. Action Lab is a learning laboratory inside EdPlus at ASU that provides key findings to improve the ASU learning environment. With an emphasis on online learning, our predictive and evaluative analyses support student success and persistence.

Action Lab works on transformational projects to increase the scale of learning through rigorous, scholarly research committed to improving equity, inclusivity, and the quality of education for learners everywhere. Our research is action and operationally-oriented; supporting and coordinating with university stakeholders to improve student learning, motivation, and persistence, and increase equity across the university.

The ideal candidate for this position will bring strong skills in data, analytics, modeling, and visualization in R and a variety of other languages/applications; knowledge of research methodology and applications in higher education; and a passion to improve and equalize student learning and success across all demographic groups. This role will collaborate on research investigations to enhance tactical and strategic decision-making, improve instruction, ensure quality courses, promote student success, and increase equity in representation and achievement for diverse populations.

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