Social Science Research Assistants

Also called: Graduate Research Assistant, Research Assistant, Research Associate, Social Research Assistant

What they do:

Assist social scientists in laboratory, survey, and other social science research. May help prepare findings for publication and assist in laboratory analysis, quality control, or data management.

On the job, you would:

Design and create special programs for tasks such as statistical analysis and data entry and cleaning.
Provide assistance with the preparation of project-related reports, manuscripts, and presentations.
Prepare tables, graphs, fact sheets, and written reports summarizing research results.

Arts and Humanities

English language

Engineering and Technology

computers and electronics

Business

administrative services
customer service

Math and Science

arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics

Basic Skills

reading work related information
listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions

Problem Solving

noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

People and Technology Systems

thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it

Verbal