Helps social scientists with surveys, interviews, and data.
Codes interview transcripts by theme, cleans survey data, and summarizes research articles for the team.
BLS May 2024 social science research assistants (approx).
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in a social science.
Ways in: 4-year college. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Sociology, Psychology, Anthropology.
Growing about average (about 4% over 10 years). Estimate.
High risk for 10 years. AI transcribes, codes themes, cleans data and summarizes articles, the core of this job; few entry RA posts will remain.
Classes: AP Statistics, AP Psychology, Computer applications.
Official data: O*NET occupation 19-4061.
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