Dear ALLSTAT members,
The Department Methodology and Statistics at Maastricht University, The Netherlands,
has a vacancy for a PhD student in Statistics within the Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience
Below is a summary, and a link for more information and for applying.
Kind regards,
Gerard van Breukelen (chair of the Dept. of M&S at Maastricht University, NL)
Job description:
The candidate will carry out statistical research on interaction modelling for designs with two fully crossed factors and a single replication per combination. Such data are encountered, for instance, in personality research (e.g., subjects are observed on a behavioural response across a set of situations), in educational testing (e.g., students receive a score on each of a set of test items), in marketing research (e.g., customers indicate willingness to buy for each of a set of products), etc. The approach taken in this project implies making use of clustering methods. This research entails mathematical derivations, development of algorithms and computer simulations. The challenges are model fitting, performing statistical inference (possibly using resampling techniques) and assessment of the performance of the methods. The candidate is expected to publish this work in peer reviewed top journals in (behavioural) statistics, to present this work on international statistical conferences and to disseminate the results through practical guidelines and software for applied (social) scientists.
Requirements:
• Graduated with a MSc in Statistics, Psychometrics, Biometrics, Econometrics or similar
• Good mathematical and computer programming skills
• Good writing and expressional skills in the English language
Conditions:
Contract type: full-time position (38 hours/week), temporary, 4 years (evaluation after each year)
Salary: The gross salary will start at €2174 in the first year and can go up to €2840 in the 4th year
For further information and submitting your application, please see the following link:
https://www.academictransfer.com/employer/UM/vacancy/43796/lang/en/
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