Mathematical-analytic aptitude and computer usage skills are a must. Ability to conduct Web searches, and upload and download data is essential. A good understanding of micro and macro economics, and statistics-econometrics is very helpful. The project is expected to take an entire year. Employee Retention Social scientists have documented how diversity can increase creativity, communication with diverse customers, and information.
Diversity can also increase communication costs, reduce cohesiveness, and promote turnover.
This study examines the effects of racial, gender, and age diversity at over 1000 workplaces of a single very large employer. The Research Apprentice would perform interviews at a dozen local workplaces to investigate the findings from the quantitative analysis. Typical interview questions are listed below. I expect the student to work one full day 10 days a semester. It takes a while to commute to a workplace, perform several interviews, write up notes, etc.