Job Title: MATHEMATICAL STATISTICIAN

Department: Department Of Commerce

Agency: Bureau of the Census

Job Announcement Number: WA468251

SALARY RANGE:	39,998.00 - 95,026.00 USD /year
OPEN PERIOD:	Friday, September 11, 2009 to Friday, September 10, 2010
SERIES & GRADE:	GS-1529-05/12
POSITION INFORMATION:	Full TimeCareer/Career Conditional
PROMOTION POTENTIAL:	12
DUTY LOCATIONS:	Many vacancies - SUITLAND, MD
WHO MAY BE CONSIDERED:	United States Citizens

JOB SUMMARY:

and work arrangements, developmental opportunities, recognition for a job well done, a variety of benefits and health insurance plans, and a host of other employment incentives. If working in an environment that values your individuality and diversity and allows you to innovate, engage in problem solving, and achieve your professional goals appeals to you, then the Census Bureau is the place for you. Come join the Census Team and be responsible for contributing to the fabric of our nation - where every one counts.

This announcement will be used to establish a standing inventory. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for vacancies as positions become available with the various offices at the Census Bureau. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for vacancies until selected or their eligibility expires. For informaton concerning the period of eligibility, please see the "What Happens Next" section of this announcement.

Census Bureau Mathematical Statisticians insure that statistical products meet the high professional standards by applying mathematical statistical theory, techniques, and methods to statistical studies and surveys.

The Full Performance Level: GS-12

SALARY RANGE:

GS-5: $39,998 - $52,000
GS-7: $44,859 - $58,318
GS-9: $54,872 - $71,334
GS-11: $64,903 - $84,368
GS-12: $73,100 - $95,026

*Within certain constraints, the agency may be able to match written offers or salaries of currently employed applicants.

Payment of relocation expenses MAY BE authorized.

THIS IS A CAREER /CAREER CONDITIONAL APPOINTMENT

DUTY LOCATION: Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau

Headquarters: Suitland, MD

Come join the Census Team, where every one counts. The Census Bureau produces quality data that helps Americans better understand our country - its population, resources, economy, society and culture. We offer competitive salaries, flexible hours

KEY REQUIREMENTS:

APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED FROM: ALL U.S. CITIZENS

Duties

Additional Duty Location Info:

Many vacancies - SUITLAND, MD

Mathematical Statisticians insure that the Census Bureau statistical products meet the high professional standards by applying mathematical statistical theory, techniques, and methods to statistical studies and surveys. They analyze the accuracy and validity of statistical data, determine whether the processes and operations are appropriate, recommend improvements to the collection and analysis of statistical data, and prepare and disseminate technical documentation of their work.

Follow these steps to apply:

1. Determine whether you meet the qualification requirements for the grade level in which you are interested. (See Qualification Requirements section.)

2. Complete the on-line questionnaire Online Questionnaire

3. Submit the following application materials, via fax, to 1-478-757-3144. Please include the required cover sheet available at: http://staffing.opm.gov/pdf/usascover.pdf .

Current Resume
Transcripts (from each college or university attended)
Veterans Preference documentation
SF-50

FAILURE TO PROVIDE COMPLETE INFORMATION MAY RESULT IN YOUR NOT RECEIVING CONSIDERATION FOR THIS POSITION.

Qualifications and Evaluations

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:

1. You must be a United States citizen to apply.

2. To be eligible for Federal employment, male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must certify at the time of appointment that they have registered with the Selective Service System, or are exempt from having to do so under Selective Service law.

3. You must meet the basic requirements for a mathematicial statistician. For a specific grade level, you must meet those requirements.

4. If you qualify based on a combination of education and experience use the following guidelines: to combine your education and experience, you must convert each to a percentage and then add the percentages. The combined total of your percentages of education and experience must equal at least 100% to qualify.

Experience: To determine your percentage of qualifying experience, you must divide your total number of months of qualifying experience by 12 the required number of months experience.

Education: If your education is currently described in quarter hours, convert the quarter hours into semester hours by multiplying the quarter hours by the fraction 2/3. To compute your percentage of education, take the number of graduate-level semester hours you completed beyond the minimum amount listed for the grade level and divide it by the number of semester hours required by your school for one academic year of full-time graduate study or by 18 if you cannot determine the number of semester hours required by your school.

Basic Qualification Requirements for Mathematical Statistician and GS-5 Qualifications:

1) You have (or within 9 months will have) 24 semester hours of mathematics and statistics at least 15 of which are mathematics and 6 are statistics. AND

2) You have (or within 9 months will have) at least 6 semester hours of statistics with a calculus prerequisite AND the following mathematics courses:

·         Calculus I, Calculus II, Calculus III (or Differential Calculus, Integral Calculus, Multivariate Calculus),

·         Linear Algebra;

·         One additional junior or senior level mathematics course; AND

3) You have (or within 9 months will have) a college degree OR,

4) You do not have a degree but do have the education specified in 1) and 2), and also have additional education or experience performing duties such as sampling, collecting, computing and analyzing statistical data; applying known statistical techniques such as measurement of central tendency, dispersion, skewness, sampling error, simple and multiple correlations, conducting analysis of variance, and conducting tests of significance. Your combination of education and experience must total at least four years.

GS-7 Qualifications:

You have superior academic achievement defined as one (or more) of the following:

- membership in a national honor society,

- graduating in the upper 1/3 of the class,

- earning an undergraduate grade point average of at least 2.95 (on a 4.0 scale) in the final 2 undergraduate years completed,

- earning a cumulative undergraduate GPA of at least 2.95,

- earning an undergraduate GPA of at least 3.45 in the major during the final 2 undergraduate years completed,

- earning a cumulative undergraduate GPA of 3.45 in the major. OR,

You have (or within 9 months will have) completed 1 year of graduate education. OR,

You have been in a Mathematical Statistician, GS-1529-5, position for at least one year. OR,

You have had at least one year of professional work experience where your assignments and the steps to follow usually were defined by your supervisor or by standard operating procedures, and your work was checked closely for accuracy and adequacy. Generally, any deviation from standard procedures required prior approval of your supervisor. Your assignments included performing one or more statistical or analytical tasks: 1) applying or using standard statistical methods and analyses found in college textbooks; 2) using statistical analysis software to help a senior colleague or supervisor analyze data; 3) helping plan surveys; or 4) assisting in developing a portion of a report on statistical analysis. OR,

You have a combination of graduate education (less than 1 year) and work experience described for a GS-7 (less than 1 year).

GS-9 Qualifications:

You have (or within 9 months will have) a masters degree, or completed two years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a master's degree, in Mathematics, Statistics, Biostatistics, Economics, Operations Research or other field with a major emphasis in statistics. OR,

You have been in a Mathematical Statistician, GS-1529-7, position for at least 1 year. OR,

You have had at least one year of professional work experience where your assignments were most often defined by your supervisor or by standard operating procedures, but you used some judgement in selecting the statistical methods and, when necessary, made minor changes to adapt the methods to your specific work situations. Your analytical methods and results, written documents, and reports were closely reviewed for technical and analytical adequacy. Your assignments should indicate evidence of statistical work such as (a) sample design and estimation for finite populations, (b) design of data collection, processing, and analysis methods, (c) applying known statistical inference techniques to real data, and (d) development of new statistical methods. OR,

You have a combination of graduate education (more than 1 academic year but less than 2) and work experience described for a GS-9 (less than 1 year).

GS-11 Qualifications:

You have (or within 9 months will have) a Ph.D., or three years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D., in Mathematics, Statistics, Biostatistics, Economics, Operations Research, or other field with a major emphasis in statistics. OR,

You have been in a Mathematical Statistician, GS-1529-9, position for at least one year. OR ,

You have had at least one year of professional work experience where your assignments required that you select and adapt standard statistical techniques from text books, handbooks, or other professional literature for a variety of problems when related precedents were available. Your analytical approaches and results were very generally reviewed for technical and professional adequacy. Your assignments involved applying statistical methods to carry out statistical analyses, or assisting in the development of technical reports or professional papers dealing with socio/economic or demographic data or socio/economic or demographic administrative records or record systems. Your assignments should include statistical work such as (a) sample design and estimation for finite populations, (b) design of data collection, processing, and analysis methods, (c) applying known statistical inference techniques to real data, and (d) development of new statistical methods. OR,

You have a combination of graduate education (more than 2 academic years but less than 3) and work experience described for a GS-11 (less than 1 year).

GS-12 Qualifications:

You have been in a Mathematical Statistician, GS-1529-11, position for at least one year . OR,

You have had at least one year of professional work experience where your work was generally reviewed only for adherence to accepted professional standards. Your work included applying statistical methods to carry out statistical analyses, or developing technical reports or professional papers dealing with socioeconomic or demographic data or socioeconomic or demographic administrative records or record systems. Your assignments regularly required that you develop solutions to difficult statistical problems that did not have readily available precedents, establish statistical and analytical methodology, design sampling and estimation procedures for surveys, document work results and findings in survey specifications, and prepare oral and written technical reports to colleagues or at professional meetings. Your assignments should include statistical work such as (a) sample design and estimation for finite populations, (b) design of data collection, processing, and analysis methods, (c) applying known statistical inference techniques to real data, and (d) development of new statistical methods. OR,

GS-12 Research Qualifications:

You have at least 1 year of professional research experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service. In order to qualify the work must have required advanced knowledge in calculus (differential, integral, and multivariate calculus and linear algebra) and calculus based statistics. This work experience must have included the application of survey sampling techniques, experimental design, time series analysis, regression analysis, linear models, statistical inference, statistical computing, and applied probability. Some examples of duties at this level would be solving difficult statistical problems with little precedent; adapting statistical methods from textbooks or professional journals; establishing methodology from previous studies on related areas; designing sampling and estimation procedures for surveys; selecting and adapting statistical techniques for a variety of problems; documenting work results and findings in oral reports and specifications, technical reports, or professional papers; giving formal presentations at work or at professional meetings, and using statistical analysis software. The level and scope of knowledge required to perform these duties is comparable to that of a Ph.D. in Mathematics, Statistics, Biostatistics, Economics, Operations Research, or other field with a major emphasis in statistics.

ARE YOU USING YOUR EDUCATION TO QUALIFY? You MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unless otherwise stated: (1)unofficial transcripts are acceptable, or (2)you may submit a list with all of your courses, grades, semester, year, and credit for the course. All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above requirements. You must show proof that the education credentials have been submitted to a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials and that such education has been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs; or an accredited U.S. state university reports the other institution as one whose transcript is given full value, or full value is given in subject areas applicable to the curricula at the state university. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.

PART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE: Credit will be given for appropriate unpaid work on the same basis as for paid experience. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. To receive credit for such experience you must indicate clearly the nature of the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the number of hours per week spent in such employment.

BASIS FOR RATING:

All applications are reviewed for the minimum qualification requirements using the responses to the occupational questionnaire, resume and transcripts. Applicants will receive a Notice of Results indicating their eligibility for each of the grade level(s). A numeric score is not assigned until a request to fill a particular position is received. The score an applicant receives for that particular position is based on the responses they made on the questionnaire. Qualified candidates are assigned a score between 70 and 100, not including points that may be assigned for veterans preference. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating.

PERIOD OF EMPLOYMENT CONSIDERATION: Qualified applicants will receive employment consideration for a period of nine-months from the date their name is entered on the inventory. No extensions will be granted. Applicants that would like consideration beyond the nine-month period MUST reapply.

HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:

Once the application process is complete, a review of your application will be made to ensure you meet the job requirements. To determine if you are qualified for this job, a review of your resume and supporting documentation will be made and compared against your responses to the occupational questionnaire. The numeric rating you receive is based on your responses to the questionnaire. The score is a measure of the degree to which your background matches the knowledge, skills, and abilities required of this position. If, after reviewing your resume and or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and or experience, you may lose consideration for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating.

VETERANS PREFERENCE:

Five-point preference is given to those honorably separated veterans (this means an honorable or general discharge) who served on active duty (not active duty for training) in the Armed Forces:

during any war (this means a war declared by Congress, the last of which was World War II);
during the period April 28, 1952, through July 1, 1955;
for more than 180 consecutive days, any part of which occurred after January 31, 1955, and before October 15, 1976;
during the Gulf War period beginning August 2, 1990, and ending January 2, 1992; or
for more than 180 consecutive days, any part of which occurred during the period beginning on September 11, 2001, and ending on the date prescribed by Presidential proclamation or by law as the last date of Operation Iraqi Freedom; or
in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign medal has been authorized, such as El Salvador, Lebanon, Granada, Panama, Southwest Asia, Somalia, and Haiti.
Medal holders and Gulf War veterans who originally enlisted after September 7, 1980, or entered on active duty on or after October 14, 1982, without having previously completed 24 months of continuous active duty, must have served continuously for 24 months or the full period called or ordered to active duty.
Effective on October 1, 1980, military retirees at or above the rank of major or equivalent, are not entitled to preference unless they qualify as disabled veterans.

Ten-point preference is given to:

those honorably separated veterans who 1) qualify as disabled veterans because they have served on active duty in the Armed Forces at any time and have a present service-connected disability or are receiving compensation, disability retirement benefits, or pension from the military or the Department of Veterans Affairs; or 2) are Purple Heart recipients;
the spouse of a veteran unable to work because of a service-connected disability;
the unmarried widow of certain deceased veterans; and
the mother of a veteran who died in service or who is permanently and totally disabled.

When applying for Federal jobs, eligible veterans should claim preference on their application or resume. Applicants claiming 10-point preference must complete form SF-15, Application for 10-Point Veteran Preference. Veterans who are still in the service may be granted 5 points tentative preference on the basis of information contained in their applications, but they must produce a DD Form 214 prior to appointment to document entitlement to preference.

Note: Reservists who are retired from the Reserves but are not receiving retired pay are not considered "retired military" for purposes of Veterans' preference.

For more information on Veterans Preference, please visit http://www.opm.gov/employ/veterans/html/vetsinfo.asp .

Benefits and Other Info

BENEFITS:

The Federal government offers a number of exceptional benefits to its employees. The following Web addresses are provided for your reference to explore the major benefits offered to most Federal employees.

Flexible Spending Accounts - The Federal Flexible Spending Accounts Program (FSAFeds) allows you to pay for certain health and dependent care expenses with pre-tax dollars. For information visit: https://www.fsafeds.com/fsafeds/index.asp

Health Insurance - The Federal Employees Health Benefits Program offers over 100 optional plans. For information visit: http://www.opm.gov/insure/health/index.asp

Leave - Most Federal employees earn both annual and sick leave. For additional information visit: http://www.opm.gov/oca/leave/index.asp

Life Insurance - The Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Program (FEGLI) offers: Basic Life Insurance plus three types of optional insurance, for additional information visit: http://www.opm.gov/insure/life/index.asp

Long Term Care Insurance - The Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (FLTCIP) provides long term care insurance for Federal employees and their parents, parents-in-law, stepparents, spouses, and adult children. For additional information visit: http://www.ltcfeds.com/

Retirement Program - Almost all new employees are automatically covered by the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). FERS is a three-tiered retirement plan. The three tiers are: Social Security Benefits, Basic Benefit Plan, Thrift Savings Plan. For additional information visit: http://www.opm.gov/retire/index.asp

This link provides and overview of the benefits currently offered to Federal employees. http://www.usajobs.gov/EI/benefits.asp

OTHER INFORMATION:

1. If you are an eligible Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) applicant you may apply for special selection over other candidates for this position . To be well-qualified and exercise selection priority for this vacancy, displaced Federal employees must be rated at 90 or above on the rating criteria for this position. ICTAP eligibles must submit one of the following as proof of eligibility for the special selection priority: a separation notice; a "Notice of Personnel Action" (SF-50) documenting separation; an agency certification that you cannot be placed after injury compensation has been terminated; an OPM notification that your disability annuity has been terminated; OR a Military Department or National Guard Bureau notification that you are retired under 5 U.S.C. 8337(h) or 8456.

2. If you are a current career or career-conditional Federal employee or former Federal employee who has reinstatement eligibility, you must submit a copy of your latest SF-50 "Notification of Personnel Action" and/or a copy of the SF-50 that reflects career or career-conditional tenure, or you will not be considered under the merit promotion process. Also, you should submit your most recent performance appraisal.

3. If you are a veteran with preference eligibility and you are claiming 5-point veterans' preference, you must attach a copy of your DD-214 or other proof of eligibility. If you are claiming 10-point veterans' preference, you must attach an SF-15, "Application for 10-Point Veterans' Preference" plus the proof required by that form.

4. If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/59 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency.

5. You can apply for a non-competitive appointment if you meet the basic eligibility requirements and you are eligible for special appointment such as those authorized for the severely disabled; certain Vietnam era and disabled veterans; returned volunteers from the Peace Corps or Vista, etc. Please indicate the type of special appointment you are seeking, if any, on your application and follow all other instructions for applying shown in this announcement.

6. All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Candidates currently attending college or university can be within 9 months of completing the requirements for graduation. Additional information on the qualification requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualifications Standards Handbook of General Schedule Positions. It is available for your review in our office, in other Federal agency personnel offices, and on OPM's web site at http://www.opm.gov/qualifications .

How To Apply

HOW TO APPLY:

To apply for this position, you must provide both of the following parts:

1. Your responses to the Assessment Questionnaire, and

2. Your resume and any other documents specified in the Required Documents section of this job announcement.

Use Application Manager for convenience and quickest processing. Track your progress to a Complete Application Package using the My Application Packages checklist and status displays in Application Manager. Your Application Package status must be Complete by Friday, September 10, 2010.

Option A: Application Manager

To begin, choose one of these options:

· If your résumé is going to come from the USAJOBS Resume Builder, you begin the process by clicking the Apply Online button near the bottom of this page. Your résumé will be attached only to the Application Package you complete and Submit immediately after you click the Apply Online button for this job announcement, not to any Application Packages you may already have created.

· If your résumé is going to be one you prepared outside of USAJOBS Résumé Builder, click this link to begin the process: Online Questionnaire

To return to Application Manager at any time, use whichever one of the links you used to begin as described above, or simply go to http://applicationmanager.gov/.

Option B: Paper Qualifications Questionnaire.

If it is not possible for you to use Application Manager, you can write your answers on paper. Follow these steps:

1. You can print a copy of this job announcement so that you can read the questions offline.

2. Obtain and print a copy of the OPM Form 1203-FX, which you will use to provide your answers. You can obtain the form at this URL http://www.opm.gov./Forms/pdf_fill/OPM1203fx.pdf or by calling USAJOBS by Phone at (703) 724-1850 – after the introduction, press 1, and listen for instructions.

3. You may submit the Form 1203-FX, resume, and any supporting documents by fax.

· By Fax: If you are faxing a Form 1203-FX, you do not need a separate cover sheet. Simply make sure the Form 1203-FX is on top of any other documents you are faxing. If you are faxing any documents without the Form 1203-FX on top, always use the official cover sheet which is here -- http://staffing.opm.gov/pdf/usascover.pdf -- and be sure to fill it out completely and clearly. The fax number is 1-478-757-3144. Feed all documents into your fax machine top first so that we receive them right-side up.

Electronic resumes must be submitted by midnight Eastern Time on the closing date.

Instructions for completing the paper Qualifications Questionnaire:

If you are applying to this announcement by completing the OPM 1203-FX form instead of using the Online Occupational Questionnaire method, you will need to print the vacancy announcement and refer to it as you answer the questions. You may omit any optional information; however, you must provide responses to all required questions. Be sure to double check your application before submission. You are encouraged to complete the Occupational Questionnaire and submit your documentation using the Online method since it is the most efficient way to process your application. The method that we highly recommend is outlined under "OPTION A." If you are unable to submit your responses Online, please use the following step-by-step qualifications questionnaire instructions as a guide to filling out the required questionnaire on the OPM Form 1203-FX:

Social Security Number

Enter your Social Security Number in the space indicated. Providing your Social Security Number is voluntary, however we can not process your application without it.

Vacancy Identification Number

The Vacancy Identification Number is: WA468251

1. Title of Job

MATHEMATICAL STATISTICIAN

2. Biographic Data

All biographic information is required, except for your telephone number and the contact time.

3. E-Mail Address

4. Work Information

If you are applying by the OPM Form 1203-FX, leave this section blank.

5. Employment Availability

6. Citizenship

Are you a citizen of the United States?
7. Background Information

If you are applying by the OPM Form 1203-FX, leave this section blank.

8. Other Information

9. Languages

If you are applying by the OPM Form 1203-FX, leave this section blank.

10. Lowest Grade

Enter the lowest grade level (05-12) you will accept.

05
07
09
11
12

11. Miscellaneous Information

If you are applying by the OPM Form 1203-FX, leave this section blank.

12. Special Knowledge

If you are applying by the OPM Form 1203-FX, leave this section blank.

13. Test Location

If you are applying by the OPM Form 1203-FX, leave this section blank.

14. Veteran Preference Claim

15. Dates of Active Duty - Military Service

These dates are required if you have claimed Veterans' Preference unless you have claimed derived Preference (i.e., widows, spouse, etc.)
Please use this format: (mm/dd/yyyy)

16. Availability Date

If you are applying by the OPM Form 1203-FX, leave this section blank.

17. Service Computation Date

If you are applying by the OPM Form 1203-FX, leave this section blank.

18. Other Date Information

If you are applying by the OPM Form 1203-FX, leave this section blank.

19. Job Preference

We are interested in knowing how you heard about this vacancy announcement. Please indicate which one of the following was your primary source of information.

1 Census Bureau Internet
2 Census Bureau Human Resources personnel and/or vacancy recording
3 Ad in a professional journal
4 Census Bureau Employee
5 Census Bureau on campus recruiter
6 College career placement office, college job fair, or faculty member or classmate
7 OPM's USAJOBS web site, phone system, or computer bulletin board
8 Other internet Web site
9 Ad in newspaper
10 Job fair/professional conference
11 State unemployment offices

20. Occupational Specialties

Select all occupational specialties that you are interested in. You must select/enter at least one occupational specialty. The specialty code for this position is:

001 Math Statistician
002 Math Statistician (Research)

21. Geographic Availability

Select/enter at least one geographic location in which you are interested and will accept employment. The location code for this position is:

0017 SUITLAND, MD

22. Transition Assistance Plan

In this section indicate if you are a surplus or displaced Federal employee requesting special priority consideration under the Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP).

Note: To receive consideration for CTAP or ICTAP, you must submit the necessary supporting documentation. Refer to the vacancy announcement for additional information and instructions.

23. Job Related Experience

If you are applying by the OPM Form 1203-FX, leave this section blank.

24. Personal Background Information

If you are applying by the OPM Form 1203-FX, leave this section blank.

27. Education Information

College/University

Please select the college/university that you have attended / are attending with the major and degree that you will specify below. If you cannot locate the institution in the list, please select "NOT LISTED".

Major/Instructional Program

Please select the major instructional program that most accurately represents your major/instructional program. In the case of multiple majors, please select the major that would be most applicable for this position. If you major is not listed, please select "Other," and specify your major in the textbox.

Degree Level

Please select on of the 5 listed degree types. This should be a degree that you have attained for the above selected Major/Instructional Program, or will attain within the next 9 months.

Grade Point Average (GPA)

Please provide your current overall GPA for the Major/Instructional Program you selected above. Select your GPA from the list based on a 4.0 scale. If your GPA is not based on a 4.0 scale.

If your GPA is 5 hundreths of a point or greater, you may round your GPA to the next tenth of a point. For example, if your GPA is 3.05 (or higher), you would round it up to 3.1.

25. Occupational/Assessment Questions:

PLEASE SELECT ONLY ONE RESPONSE PER QUESTION. NOTE: IF YOU SELECT MORE THAN ONE RESPONSE FOR A QUESTION, THOSE RESPONSES WILL BE VOIDED AND NO CREDIT GIVEN. THIS MAY AFFECT YOUR QUALIFICATIONS DETERMINATION. Any exaggeration of your experience or any attempt to conceal information can result in your not being selected, being removed from a Federal job and in barring you from seeking Federal employment in the future.

Basic Qualification Requirements for Census Mathematical Statistician and GS-5 Qualifications:

1. I have 24 semester hours of mathematics and statistics of which at least 15 were in mathematics and 6 were in statistics. With the materials you submit, you will need to include specific information on classes you will be completing within the next 9 months if you need these classes in order to qualify for this position. List the title and course number of the class, the department and college or university offering the class, the number of semester or quarter hours credit given for the class, and the date you expect to complete the class.