{"id":7,"date":"2016-06-28T07:17:24","date_gmt":"2016-06-28T07:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/kienle\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2016-10-27T05:59:06","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T05:59:06","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/kienle\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;&#8221; parallax=&#8221;&#8221; parallax_image=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image border_color=&#8221;grey&#8221; img_link_large=&#8221;&#8221; img_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; image=&#8221;102&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]Dr. Kien Trung Le is Research Associate Professor at Qatar University. He came to SESRI in 2010 and has been the Institute\u2019s sampling statistician in charge of sampling, data weighting and statistical analysis. Dr. Kien had a leading role in developing the protocols and algorithms for proper sampling design for field and phone interviewing, as well as protocols for household and labor camp selection. He has been the principal investigator for SESRI\u2019s Omnibus surveys for CAPI, a number of NPRP grant projects, and a co-principal investigator for the Qatar Semi-annual surveys for the telephone. He has authored and co-authored over a dozen of SESRI\u2019s reports.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Le earned his PhD in Economics from the University of Virginia. While at U.Va\u00a0 he simultaneously worked at U.Va\u2019s\u00a0 Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service. At the Weldon Cooper Center for Survey Research unit, he was exposed to a wide variety of academic survey research activities, covering all aspects of survey research from Questionnaire development to report writing. His work entailed programming CATI instruments, Visual Basic macros, SPSS scripts and numerous databases, including an interlinked client billing, project management, CATI management and reminder calling database. More importantly, he became expert in public opinion-related statistical procedures and best practices for simple and complex sampling, data weighting, and analysis.<\/p>\n<p>His research areas include Survey Methodology and Applied Economics. He has numerous publications in both economics and survey research journals. More recently these include papers on the labor migration system in GCC countries, household sampling techniques, and regional data collection methodology.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;&#8221; parallax=&#8221;&#8221; parallax_image=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<h1 class=\"fac-big-title fac-title text-center\" style=\"color:\">Academic Positions<\/h1>\n[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;32px&#8221;]<ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>Persent<\/span><span>April 2015 <\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Research Associate Professor<\/h4><p>Social and Economic Survey Research Institute, Qatar University, Qatar<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;32px&#8221;]<ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>March 2015<\/span><span>Sep 2010 <\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Research Assistant Professor<\/h4><p>Social and Economic Survey Research Institute, Qatar University , Qatar <\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;32px&#8221;]<ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>July 2010<\/span><span>2008<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Researcher<\/h4><p>Weldon Cooper Center for Public Services, University of Virginia, USA<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;32px&#8221;]<ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2008<\/span><span>2006<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Research Analyst<\/h4><p>Weldon Cooper Center for Public Services, University of Virginia, USA<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;32px&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<h1 class=\"fac-big-title fac-title text-center\" style=\"color:\">Educations<\/h1>\n<ul class=\"ul-card \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dy\"><span class=\"degree\">Ph.D.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"year\">August 2008<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\"><p class=\"what\">Economics<\/p><p class=\"where\">University of Virginia, USA<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dy\"><span class=\"degree\">M.A.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"year\"> August 2004<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\"><p class=\"what\">Economics<\/p><p class=\"where\"> University of Virginia, USA<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dy\"><span class=\"degree\">B.A.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"year\">June 1998<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\"><p class=\"what\">Economics<\/p><p class=\"where\">National Economics University, Vietnam <\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;&#8221; parallax=&#8221;&#8221; parallax_image=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;]<h1 class=\"fac-big-title fac-title text-center\" style=\"color:\">Grants<\/h1>\n<ul class=\"timeline \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2010<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">\u201cTransnational Labor Migration in Qatar: An Empirical Sociological Analysis.\u201d <\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        <br \/>\n\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2011<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\"> \u201cMarriage Delay in Qatar: An Investigation into Determinants and Consequences.\u201d <\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        <br \/>\n\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2012<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">\u201cQatari Attitudes toward Migrants.\u201d <\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        <br \/>\n\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2013<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">\u201cImproving Survey Reliability in Qatar: Assessing the Impact of Interviewer Nationality on Qatari Respondents.\u201d <\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        <br \/>\n\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2014<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">\u201cSocial Capital in Qatar.\u201d <\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        <br \/>\n\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2015<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">\u201cImproving Survey Quality in Qatar: Interview Privacy and its Effects on Respondents\u2019 Answers.\u201d <\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        <br \/>\n\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2016<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">\u201cFertility of Qatari and Other GCC Nationals in a Context of High Dependency on Foreign Labour: An Innovative Approach for Policy Making on Family Building.\u201d <\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        <br \/>\n\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;&#8221; 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