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Eligibilities

1. Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from the agency hiring for this position? If yes, confirm:
• you are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; AND,
• you are applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
• you are applying to a position that does not have greater promotion potential than the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
• your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.

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To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.

A. Yes

B. No

2. Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from a position in a Federal agency other than the agency hiring for this position? If yes, confirm:
• you are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; AND,
• you are applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
• you are applying to a position that does not have greater promotion potential than the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
• your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.

For more information, review the USAJOBS Help Center.

To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.

A. Yes

B. No

Preferences

1. Select the lowest grade you are willing to accept for this position.

Assessment 1

1. Select one choice from the options below that demonstrates how you meet the basic requirement for a GS-1530 Statistician position.

A. I have a bachelor's degree (or higher) that included 15 semester hours in statistics (or in mathematics and statistics, provided at least 6 semester hours were in statistics), and 9 additional semester hours in one or more of the following: physical or biological sciences, medicine, education, or engineering; or in the social sciences including demography, history, economics, social welfare, geography, international relations, social or cultural anthropology, health sociology, political science, public administration, psychology, etc. Credit toward meeting statistical course requirements should be given for courses in which 50 percent of the course content appears to be statistical methods, e.g., courses that included studies in research methods in psychology or economics such as tests and measurements or business cycles, or courses in methods of processing mass statistical data such as tabulating methods or electronic data processing.

B. I have a combination of education and experience - courses as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. The experience should have included a full range of professional statistical work such as (a) sampling, (b) collecting, computing, and analyzing statistical data, and (c) applying statistical techniques such as measurement of central tendency, dispersion, skewness, sampling error, simple and multiple correlation, analysis of variance, and tests of significance.

C. My education/experience is not described in the statements above.

2. Select one option from the choices below that demonstrates how your background meets the minimum qualifications of the GS-1530-11 position.

A. I have one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-09 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors) performing the following duties: 1) Developing analytical projects requiring application of statistical theory and techniques; 2) Recommending new or improved methods for analyzing data; and 3) Assisting in the development of statistical approaches to address policy research questions. (NOTE: Your resume must explicitly demonstrate how you meet this requirement, otherwise you will be found ineligible).

B. I have completed a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree, from an accredited college or university that provided the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform this work. (NOTE: You must submit a copy of your college transcripts (official or unofficial) to support your claim).

C. I have a combination of specialized experience (less than 1 year) and graduate education (beyond 2 years of graduate education), that when combined equals 100% of the qualification requirement. NOTE: Only graduate education in excess of 2 years (generally 36 semester hours) may be used in this calculation. You must submit a copy of your college transcripts (official or unofficial) and your resume must explicitly indicate how you meet the experience, otherwise you will be found ineligible).

D. My education/experience is not described in the statements above.

3. Select one option from the choices below that demonstrates how your background meets the requirements of this GS-1530-12 position.

A. I have one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-11 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors) performing the following duties: 1) Managing studies that included multivariate analysis, factor analysis and forecasting of populations; 2) Implementing improved methods of data management (i.e., data masking, data anonymization, and linking data across datasets) using a variety of software packages and routines; and 3) Serving as a lead presenter of statistical findings to senior leadership and/or in public forums. (NOTE: Your resume must explicitly demonstrate how you meet this requirement, otherwise you will be found ineligible).

B. My experience and/or education is not described in the statement above.

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