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>From: "Ian Hughes" <[log in to unmask]> >To: <[log in to unmask]> >Date: May 28, 2009 03:29:28 AM PDT >Subject: Job: Help us make complicated analysis simple. > >We are a market research company based in Bristol in the UK. We are conducting >research into the buying behaviour of consumers in products such as General >Insurance. > >The research is breaking new ground in both the volume and depth of data >being collected. Unfortunately we have so much data that it is proving >difficult to find meaningful results in it. > >We are looking for someone for a short-term assignment to help us understand >how we could better apply statistical techniques to this data to help us >explain hidden relationships in it. > >For instance, can the data help us understand why some people renew their >car insurance with certain companies whereas other people don’t. We have >been considering non-parametric testing and neural networks, but you may be >aware of other techniques that might help. > >Our eventual aim is to build a tool that would allow our customers, who are >not statistically minded, to explore relationships themselves. So they can understand >why their customers are leaving them more frequently than other people’s >customers (for instance). > >Having knowledge of both Stats and web programming would be a major plus. > >The assignment is for 2-3 months, starting immediately in Bristol, UK. We >can help provide accommodation and up to £40,000 pro-rata for the period of >the contract. > >There is a possibility for the right candidate to stay on more permanently >if they want to, but this a short-term project to start off with. >