Research Assistant Internship

Quantified Citizen
Quantified Citizen

Canada

Posted 6+ months ago

What You’ll Be Doing

  • Internal testing and QA for research studies prior to public launch
  • Support in scale and task development as well as study releases
  • Help maintain and update the library of assessments
  • Create JSON files for new assessments (both scales and active tasks) using existing task schema (experience with JSON and/or Survey JS preferred or willingness to learn)
  • Improve the existing library of assessments by updating it according to standard implementation practices
  • Prepare studies for release: create research protocols using our online platform, test studies in our mobile application, implement fixes in the study JSON
  • Collect information and prepare descriptive summaries of standardized scales and scoring protocols
  • Literature reviews and/or research into appropriate assessments/scales/measures for protocols related to psychology/neuroscience and other topics
  • Research protocol design and/or edits including methodology
  • Supporting data analysis and/or visualizations
  • Science communication (in layperson terms) for public research studies
  • Possible coding related to data analysis and/or software development for students with such skills
  • Gather, understand and summarize research data from scholarly sources
  • General research and summary reports into various subject areas to support the research team

    • What We Expect From You

  • Excellent writing and communication skills
  • Be in a research-oriented undergraduate, Master’s, or Ph.D. program related to mental health, cognitive science, or psychology
  • A team-oriented attitude where no task is too small or too big
  • Some technical background or willingness to learn
  • Basic knowledge of statistics (familiarity with Python is a plus)
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