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Apologies for cross-posting but I thought some of you may be
interested in the below position, or know others who might
be.
Department
of Methods and Statistics- Utrecht University – the Netherlands
The
department of Methodology and Statistics participates in the Interuniversity
Graduate School of Psychometrics and Sociometrics (IOPS). It is
the largest department in its field in the Netherlands. It has many
excellent researchers, its own MSc program “Methods and Statistics of
Social and Behavioural Sciences” and a large amount of external funding.
The quality of this department was rated as excellent by Quality Insurance
Netherlands Universities. |
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The
department has a vacancy for a:
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PhD student on the project 'Improving statistical power in
studies on event occurrence by using an optimal design' (1,0
fte)
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Job
description
This
project is funded by a VIDI grant from the Netherlands’ Organization for
Scientific Research (NWO). The
PhD student will spend time on doing research, following mathematics and
statistics courses of IOPS and other institutes, and spend about 10% of
the time on teaching courses at the BSc level. The PhD student will be
supervised by dr. M. Moerbeek (www.fss.uu.nl/ms/moerbeek).
The
central question in studies on event occurrence is whether and when
specific events occur. Examples are the age at which adolescents start
experimental smoking and the age at which children start exposing
anti-social behaviour. In such studies one can choose to measure study
subjects continuously or once each time interval. For the latter method of
measurement, optimal designs will be developed in this project. The PhD
student will focus on the development of optimal designs for experimental
studies with two qualitative treatments. Objective is to formulate
guidelines with respect to the number of subjects, the number of
measurements per subject, the optimal placement of measurements in time
and the duration of the study. Drop-out and varying costs per treatment
condition will be taken into account. Sample size calculations are too
often done on an ad-hoc basis and this may result in under- or overpowered
studies.
It is therefore important to develop optimal designs in order to provide
applied scientists with guidelines for the design of their studies on
event occurrence.
The
PhD student will write papers in international scientific journals,
contribute to international conferences and write a PhD
thesis. |
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Qualifications
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MSc
in applied statistics, biometrics, biostatistics, econometrics,
psychometrics or a related field with a solid background in applied
statistics.
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Applicants
should be familiar with the generalised linear model, matrix algebra,
research designs and have some experience with computer
programming.
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The
applicant communicates easily in English, both verbally and in writing.
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Terms
of employment
We
offer a temporary fulltime position of a year with -at good performance-
the prospect of an extension with a maximum of three years (in total 4
years fulltime). The salary starts with € 2,042,- gross per month in the
first year and increases to € 2,612,- gross per month in the fourth year
of employment at fulltime appointment (Collective Employment Agreement of
the Dutch Universities). In addition, we offer good fringe benefits and a
high-quality training program for PhD students.
(http://www.uu.nl/english
> working > terms of employment)
Start
date: winter 2008/2009. |
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Further
details
Are
you interested? For additional information about this position, please
contact ms. dr. M. Moerbeek (supervisor), phone +31-(0)30 253 1450,
e-mail M.Moerbeek@uu.nl.
(http://www.fss.uu.nl/ms/moerbeek) |
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How
to apply
Please send your written
application, with motivation, curriculum vitae
and addresses
of two references before
October 30th, 2008
and specifying vacancy number 69832.
Applications
can be e-mailed to: PenO-FEZ-FSW@fss.uu.nl or
be sent to:
Faculteit Sociale Wetenschappen
Dienst
P&O/FEZ
Attn. Mrs. W. Steinbusch
Postbus 80140
3508 TC
Utrecht
The
Netherlands |