- Position Title
- Statistician (OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION)
- Agency
- Veterans Affairs, Inspector General
- Announcement Number
- 23-VAOIG-87-P Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Friday, March 3, 2023 to Monday, March 20, 2023
For preview purposes only. To apply, please return to the USAJOBS announcement and click the Apply button.
Eligibilities
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Do you claim Veterans’ Preference?
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Are you a surplus or displaced Federal employee eligible under the Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)? Click CTAP for eligibility and a detailed list of required documents you must submit in order to be eligible.
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Are you a displaced Federal employee eligible under the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP)? Click ICTAP for eligibility and a detailed list of required documents you must submit in order to be eligible.
Preferences
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Are you currently serving or have served in the last five years in a Political Appointment in the Federal Government?
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Would you like the opportunity to be considered for similar positions that require the same knowledge, skills and abilities?
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If you were born a male after December 31, 1959, and are at least 18 years of age, have you registered with the Selective Service System (select "Not applicable" if this question does not apply to you)?
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Are you a current Federal employee?
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If you are, or ever were a Federal civilian employee, indicate the pay plan and grade level or pay band of the highest graded position you have ever held.
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Assessment 1
You must meet the minimum basic education and/or work experience requirements for professional Statistician series in the Federal government. (Attach a copy of transcript(s) or a list of college courses designating semester or quarter hours earned to ensure proper credit).
Basic Requirements:
A. Degree: 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.
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B. 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.
Basic Requirements:
A. Degree: 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.
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B. 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.
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After carefully reading the above requirements, select one response from the options below:
Please list all of your college degrees below. Include level of degree (BA, MA, and PHD, etc.), discipline (major), and the university from which the degree was received.
Specialized experience for the GS-13 is defined as one year of experience at the GS-12 level, or equivalent that is directly related to the position and which has equipped the candidate with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Specialized experience is defined as:
- Defining technical requirements for data sources and statistical analysis methods for operational and research projects; AND
- Conducting data analyses using statistical methods; AND
- Summarizing analytical findings in a clear, logical and concise manner
- Defining technical requirements for data sources and statistical analysis methods for operational and research projects; AND
- Conducting data analyses using statistical methods; AND
- Summarizing analytical findings in a clear, logical and concise manner
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For the GS-13: Please choose the answer that best describes your experience:
Make sure experience is clearly documented in your resume. Please give the dates/resume reference when you gained this experience so it may be found to ensure you receive proper credit.
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Choose the response(s) that describe(s) your experience interacting with peers, customers and high-level managers across organizational units
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Please select all that you have experience in preparing comprehensive reports based on the results of analyses or studies:
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Please list the type of reports, documents, and/or briefings you have written as the primary author:
Please describe where in your resume this experience is documented; please list the organization(s) where you obtained this experience and the corresponding dates.
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Select all choices that describe your experience with preparing various types of visual graphs and charts to present results of your data analysis.
If you selected choice 7, specify your experience with other charts.
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Please select all statements that describe your experience of statistical reviews and analysis process.
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Choose all statements that describe your experience of analyzing factual information and evaluating significant factors.
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I have evaluated study proposals in terms of
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Indicate your experience gathering and evaluating information and conducting trends analysis on data
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Select the best choice that describes your experience.
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Select all choices that identify your experience with data mining concepts.
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Select all choices that identify your experience with statistical data mining techniques.
If you selected choice 5, specify your experience with other statistical data mining techniques.
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Which of the following describes your experience with programming languages used for statistical and/or advanced analytics?
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What tools do you have experience using for data analysis?
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Choose the statement(s) that best describes your experience.
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From the following list, select those items or techniques that describe work activities you have experience performing.
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Do you have working experience integrating non-VA and VA national databases (e.g., VA Corporate Data Warehouses for Health and Benefit, Health and Human Services (HHS) and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)) in statistical analyses to provide comprehensive reviews of Veteran population?
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Choose the statement that best describes your experience with agile project management principles.