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>     PHD STUDENTSHIP IN THE AREA OF APPLIED STATISTICS IN THE NETHERLANDS
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>The Department Methodology and Statistics at the University of Maastricht,
>The Netherlands, offers a research studentship leading to a PhD.
>The department is a dynamic group embedded within a university that is
>internationally oriented and has an innovative research programme. The
>department gives courses in methodology and statistics to students in Health
>Sciences, Medicine, and Psychology. It's research focuses on issues in
>Psychometrics and Biometrics and optimal design.
>At the moment we offer a position for a PhD studentship.
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>The research
>In many research studies in health sciences, psychology and medicine,
>data are obtained through repeated measures. In the last two decades, a
>substantial amount of research has been done on generalized linear models
>for longitudinal data with fixed and random regression coefficients. Little,
>however, is known about the optimal design of such studies.
>In the present PhD project, the research will be continued on the selection
>of highly efficient designs for longitudinal studies with fixed and random
>effects in the model. The PhD project will focus on two questions:
>(1) Is it possible to find highly efficient designs for different models,
>i.e. designs that are robust against mis-specifications of the model?
>(2) Are there highly efficient designs for observational cohort studies.
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>The goal of the project is to write a PhD thesis in 4 years.
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>The profile
>We look for students who recently graduated or are about to
>graduate in Statistics, Mathematics, Econometrics, Sociology, Psychology,
>Biology, or some related discipline, but at least have a
>solid training in Statistics. You preferably are familiar
>with research designs and the general linear model used
>in statistics. You are motivated to perform quantitative
>research, and have some experience in programming.
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>What we offer
>You are offered a position for four years. In the first
>year the monthly salary will be 1445 euro gross increasing
>to 2063 euro gross in the last year, provided you have
>a full-time appointment.
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>Interested?
>If you want to have more information on the project,
>you can contact:
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>dr. F.E.S. Tan, tel. +31.43.3882278,
>e-mail: [log in to unmask]
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>How to react
>If you are interested you can write a letter of
>application (including a CV) to:
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>Prof. dr. M.P.F. Berger
>Chair Department of Methodology and Statistics
>University of Maastricht
>P.O. Box 616
>6200 MD Maastricht
>The Netherlands
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