Rabia Butt and Klara Valentova are our Q-Step interns from the University of Manchester. Q-Step is a £19.5 million programme designed to promote a step-change in quantitative social science training, funded by the Nuffield Foundation and the ESRC. We asked Rabia and Klara to tell us a bit about themselves and their journey to this internship.
Rabia
As a second-year undergraduate student, who morocco rcs data is currently studying Sociology at the University of Manchester, research, data collection and statistics are a large part of my course resulting in a new-found appreciation for quantitative methods.
The survey method in social research module introduced me to social statistics and the basic statistical concepts required for working with numeric survey data. This module enabled me to participate in the amazing Q-Step programme, which provides placement opportunities for students from the University of Manchester.
I stumbled across the UK Data Service, when I was exploring internship options for the summer. Through this programme I was lucky enough to be selected for a summer internship at the UK Data Service.