Performs fully qualified professional research, statistical or data analysis work to include coordinating and designing research activities.

Positions work under limited supervision in established programs or follow established procedures in a research setting. In either case, positions perform assigned phases of research and/or data analysis including: identifying necessary sources of information, developing criteria for data collection and analysis, selecting basic statistical techniques for application, drawing conclusions for recommendations to higher level staff, developing preliminary findings and proposing recommended action based upon study findings (subject to final approval from the supervisor).

For ongoing or well-defined statistical reporting and research activities, positions have responsibility for analysis and interpretation of results. In a data gathering activity, positions evaluate data for accuracy and completeness, resolve discrepancies and recommend changes in report procedures.

This class is distinguished from the Research Analyst 3 classification by the absence of planning and developmental responsibilities for research, statistical or data analysis studies as well as outlining, organizing and executing non-routine technical data or statistical analysis.

This class is distinguished from the Research Analyst 1 classification in that incumbents work under limited supervision and assume considerable responsibility for their delegated duties and have acquired a higher level of statistical skills and computer skills where applicable.

Participates in studies of major scope; conducts and assists in planning major research or statistical projects; establishes criteria, selects samples according to guidelines, and determines procedures for editing, coding, summarizing, tabulating and analyzing data; develops new methods for estimating data;

Computes measures of central tendency and dispersion, correlations, significances of differences, confidence limits, trends and indexes of seasonal variation;

Compiles technical information from various sources and writes analyses, summaries, histories, and briefs;

Prepares and conducts economic feasibility, market research and product development studies resulting in reports and recommendations concerning legal, social economic issues relating to a minority business enterprise program;
Assists in the design of complex reporting systems; checks reporting procedures of local offices to ensure uniformity; prepares instructions and trains employees in conduct of surveys and preparation of reports;

Analyzes and determines feasibility of complying with requests for information from press and representatives of business and government; addresses community groups;

Compiles data from existing data files to create historical and current computer data bases; downloads data from institutional mainframes to microcomputers; utilizes application software to create reports for faculty, administrators, and outside agencies;

May be responsible for accessing data from computer files and writing or using computer programs to generate reports (not on a regular basis).

May supervise or lead employees engaged in gathering data, and analyzing and preparing periodic or special reports;

Performs other work as required.

Knowledge of: research methods; statistical techniques; sources of study information; English grammar, punctuation and vocabulary.

Ability to: carry out assigned phases of difficult research projects; analyze and interpret complex data; write clearly and concisely; assist other employees.

There may be instances where individual positions must have additional licenses or certification. It is the employer’s responsibility to ensure the appropriate licenses/certifications are obtained for each position.

A Bachelor's Degree including college-level course work in statistics AND one year of work experience as a Research Analyst 1

OR

Equivalent education/experience.

New class, consolidates Research Analyst II 2031, Research Analyst 2 04090; adopted May 10, 2007, effective July 1, 2007.