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Dear Sir or Madam:
I am excited to apply for the position of Researcher I-II at NCCD. I believe that my extensive research experience and academic writing skills uniquely qualify me for this position.
In college, I applied quantitative research methods in a variety of settings both internal and external to the classroom. For my undergraduate thesis, I conducted a quantitative investigation into the subsurface structure of a secondary fault scarp and published my findings in my university’s digital library. More information about my senior project and other research I have been involved in can be found in my resume.
Working as a freelance writer has broadly exposed me to the methods and tools of qualitative research. It has given me the opportunity to learn how descriptive and inferential analyses can be used to derive meaning from qualitative data for the ultimate purpose of informing policy. Writing research proposals has taught me that designing qualitative studies is itself a fine-tuning process that ideally leads to focused research questions yielding valid and statistically-significant outcomes.
I thoroughly understand what good research requires, and I am ready to make my knowledge valuable to society as researcher at your organization. At NCCD, I will collaborate with team members to implement studies based on socially relevant research questions and communicate their findings in actionable reports. I am prepared to offer my services in exchange for $30,000—$40,000 a year.
Thank you for taking the time to review my application. I am united with NCCD in its humanitarian vision, and I would be honored to work on your team.
Sincerely,