Richard Paquin-Morel

Staff Data Scientist & Tech Lead at YouTube · Ph.D.

About

Staff Data Scientist and measurement methodologist. I design measurement systems and causal inference infrastructure for behavioral data at scale — connecting messy perception data to observable outcomes through tehcniques like Bayesian multilevel modeling, experimental and quasi-experimental design, psychometric measurement, and survey methodology.

Currently at YouTube, where I support measurement roadmap and implementation for Marketing and serve as a technical lead on the team. Previously at Google (Quantitative UX Research) and Meta (People Research), where I built measurement programs spanning advertiser trust, product experimentation, and the psychological impact of content exposure on human reviewers in trust & safety contexts.

Methods

Experimental design Quasi-experimental design Causal inference Bayesian multilevel modeling Psychometrics Sampling designs Network analysis Scale development Measurement under certainty

Experience

Staff Behavioral Data Scientist & Tech Lead 2026–present
YouTube (Google)

Staff Data Scientist and Tech Lead for YouTube Marketing measurement. Drive the measurement roadmap and set methodological standards for how the organization quantifies brand impact on user behavior.

Design and validate survey instruments measuring latent perception constructs, linked to platform behavioral data. Build the end-to-end analytical pipeline from data extraction through psychometric validation (EFA/CFA) to causal impact estimation using experimental and quasi-experimental methods.

Senior Quantitative UX Researcher 2023–2026
Google

Developed a measurement framework for Advertiser Trust integrating attitudinal survey constructs with behavioral signals, adopted as a core metric across 12+ product areas. Quantified causal impact of trust perceptions on revenue-relevant outcomes using observational causal inference methods.

People Research Scientist 2020–2023
Meta

Built a first-of-its-kind measurement program for the psychological impact of graphic content exposure on human content reviewers in trust & safety. Developed novel survey instruments and behavioral indicators in partnership with clinical psychologists. Translated findings into global policy changes affecting thousands of reviewers.

Postdoctoral Research Associate 2019–2020
University of Pittsburgh, Learning Research & Development Center

Writing

Network range: An R function for network analysis

Implementing Burt's composite measure of network diversity in R, with visualization using tidygraph and ggraph.

An observation regarding robust standard errors in R and Stata

Replicating Stata's heteroskedasticity-robust standard errors in R, and why the defaults differ.

The Bike Lanes of Brooklyn

Mapping Brooklyn's bike lane network using OpenStreetMap data and R spatial tools.

Selected Publications

Strange Frame Fellows: The Evolution of Discursive Framing in the Opt-Out Testing Movement
Teachers College Record, 2021 pdf
The Multiple Meanings of Scale: Implications for Researchers and Practitioners
Educational Researcher, 2019 pdf
Access, Activation, and Influence: How Brokers Mediate Social Capital Among Professional Development Providers
American Educational Research Journal, 2019 pdf

Education

Ph.D., Human Development and Social Policy
Northwestern University, 2019
M.A., Philosophy
The New School, 2006