What the named jurisdiction sources describe

O*NET describes data management, statistical analysis, quality control, reports and participant-related procedures. Research domains and ethics obligations vary by study.

Structure the resume around evidence

  • Lead with the research question, study or dataset where disclosure is permitted.
  • Distinguish collection, cleaning, analysis and interpretation.
  • Keep methods and tools beside the work they supported.
  • State authorship, approval and participant-contact boundaries accurately.

Flexible sections

  • Research projects
  • Methods
  • Datasets and tools
  • Publications and presentations
  • Ethics or participant training
  • Coursework when early-career

Skills belong beside context

  • Name a statistical package beside the analysis you performed.
  • Describe data cleaning through checks or decisions, not “attention to detail.”
  • Make your contribution to a report or publication explicit.

Common requirement patterns to verify

  • Collect, clean or manage research data
  • Apply qualitative or quantitative methods
  • Document procedures and quality checks
  • Prepare reports, tables or literature summaries

Make one bullet inspectable

Weak, fictional example: Assisted with research and used statistical software.

Stronger, fictional example: Cleaned survey response data for a housing study, documented exclusion rules and produced reproducible summary tables for the project lead’s review.

The fictional example identifies the study, method, documentation and review boundary without claiming authorship.

Map requirement to evidence—without a verdict

Example requirement: Experience with reproducible quantitative analysis

Direct evidenceThe project, data, analysis steps and reproducible output are documented.
Worth reviewingA course project used the method on a smaller dataset; it may deserve review but is not professional study experience.
Not demonstratedA software package is listed with no dataset, method or output. This is an unknown in the document, not proof the person lacks the qualification.

Template to inspect—not a hiring promise

Scholar: Its verified registry description is research-first with numbered publications. Use only if that structure matches your real output.

Regional boundary

Ethics review, consent and data-protection duties depend on the study, institution and jurisdiction. Do not turn a general occupation source into legal guidance.

Review the sourced regional guidance.

Sources

Primary public sources are dated individually below. Employer and regulator instructions take precedence.

Use your own evidence

Check the job in front of you

Generic research cannot decide whether you should apply. Compare the actual source wording with your own resume evidence.

Compare my evidence