Career path
Survey Researcher
Plan, develop, or conduct surveys. May analyze and interpret the meaning of survey data, determine survey objectives, or suggest or test question wording. Includes social scientists who primarily design questionnaires or supervise survey teams.
What this work leans on
PRISM reads 29 signals about how a person thinks, decides and works. These are the ones this path draws on most.
- Investigative InterestsCentral
Your interest in analyzing, researching, and understanding how things work.
- OpennessImportant
How drawn you are to new ideas, aesthetic experiences, and unconventional approaches.
- Numerical ReasoningImportant
How you handle quantitative information: ratios, percentages, simple inferences from data.
- IndependenceImportant
How much you value autonomy, self-direction, and freedom from close supervision.
- Working MemoryModerate
How much information you can hold and manipulate in your head at once.
- SupportModerate
How much you value supportive management and clear company policies.
All 6 signals above are measured directly in the assessment. See the full method
The basics
- Field
- Education & research
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- Survey Researchers
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