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=== Social science research project manager ===

Project managers in the field of [[social science]] have many of the same skills as their counterparts in the IT industry. For example, project managers for the [[2020 United States census|2020 United States Census]] followed program and project management policies, framework, and control processes for all projects established within the program. They managed projects designed as part of the program to produce [[official statistics]], such as projects in [[systems engineering]], [[Questionnaire construction|questionnaire design]], [[Sampling (statistics)|sampling]], [[data collection]], and public communications.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2020 Census Operational Plan and Detailed Operational Plans |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade/2020/planning-management/plan/op-plans.html |access-date=2023-12-02 |website=Census.gov}}</ref> Project managers of [[qualitative research]] studies must also manage scope, schedule, and cost related to research design, participant recruitment, interviewing, reporting, as well as stakeholder engagement.<ref>{{Cite journal |lastlast1=Sha |firstfirst1=Mandy |last2=Childs |first2=Jennifer Hunter |date=2014-08-01 |title=Applying a project management approach to survey research projects that use qualitative methods |url=https://www.surveypractice.org/article/2865-applying-a-project-management-approach-to-survey-research-projects-that-use-qualitative-methods |journal=Survey Practice |language=en |volume=7 |issue=4 |pages=1–8 |doi=10.29115/SP-2014-0021 |doi-access=free}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite journal |lastlast1=Sha |firstfirst1=Mandy |last2=Pan |first2=Yuling |date=2013-12-01 |title=Adapting and Improving Methods to Manage Cognitive Pretesting of Multilingual Survey Instruments |url=https://www.surveypractice.org/article/2888 |journal=Survey Practice |language=en |volume=6 |issue=4 |pages=1–8 |doi=10.29115/SP-2013-0024 |doi-access=free|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

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