ICPSR's real-world experiences for students featured in webinar

The webinar, conducted Nov. 29, focused on opportunities ICPSR provides to get students involved in social science research. The video is av...

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Gingrich Joins Romney at Top of GOP Race

Gingrich Joins Romney at Top of GOP Race

Gallup reported on recent polling data that shows Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich as the top choices among Republicans for their party's ...

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Obama Job Approval Rating Up; Romney Remains Main GOP Rival

Obama Job Approval Rating Up; Romney Remains Main GOP Rival

A recent survey from Pew People and the Press shows that support for President Obama is up in November, and that Mitt Romney leads a grou...

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Where Americans Are Most Likely to Light Up

Where Americans Are Most Likely to Light Up

According to recent Gallup polling, smoking rates are highest in the South and Midwest, typically states that "have fewer legal smoki...

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Unemployment Rate Decreases Over Past Year in Most Metropolitan Areas

Unemployment Rate Decreases Over Past Year in Most Metropolitan Areas

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released a report this week on metropolitan area employment over the past year, and their finding...

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Esther Isabelle Wilder

Esther Isabelle Wilder

Whether its data from the Cremation Association of North America or the Census Bureau, students in Professor Esther Isabelle Wilder's c...

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When Mom and Dad Become Big Brother

When Mom and Dad Become Big Brother

The Pew Internet & American Life Project released new findings on parental monitoring of teenage children's internet activity. Acco...

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Fewer Americans With Employer-Based Health Insurance

Fewer Americans With Employer-Based Health Insurance

Gallup reports that the percentage of Americans with employer-based health insurance continues to decline. This is likely the result of an ...

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Among Americans Who Have Heard, Higher Percentage Believe Cain Allegations True

Among Americans Who Have Heard, Higher Percentage Believe Cain Allegations True

According to Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, Americans who have heard "a lot" or "a little" about t...

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Pew Study Reveals Hows Well Americans Follow Current Events

Pew Study Reveals Hows Well Americans Follow Current Events

Pew Research Center's most recent News IQ survey explores how knowledgeable Americans are regarding current events. The 19-question su...

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As Men Live Longer, Fewer Older Women Live Alone

As Men Live Longer, Fewer Older Women Live Alone

Random Samplings, the U.S. Census Bureau's official blog, recently reported that women are less likely to live alone today than they we...

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Pew report shows generation gap in 2012 election voting, though not as definitively as is suggested

Pew report shows generation gap in 2012 election voting, though not as definitively as is suggested

The Pew Research Center released a report on age and voting trends this week, attempting to shed light on the potential effect of generatio...

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Brookings Institute: Numbers in Extreme Poverty Jump

Brookings Institute: Numbers in Extreme Poverty Jump

A new report from the Brookings Institute shows that the number of Americans living in extreme-poverty neighborhoods--with at least 40 perc...

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Discontent in Latin America

Discontent in Latin America

A recent article in The Economist discusses the results of a recent Latinobarómetro poll, which is published exclusively by The Economist ...

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NYT: Quantitative literacy in demand in job market

A New York Times article published Sunday titled "Ad Companies Face a Widening Talent Gap" outlines the problems employers are ha...

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