The Geography of Intergenerational Mobility

The Geography of Intergenerational Mobility

A team of top academic economists recently released the results of their study of the economic impact of tax expenditures on intergeneration...

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Americans Regard Military Highly

Americans Regard Military Highly

The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life reports that the American public’s esteem for the Military is high. The findings are based...

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Safer in Cities?

Safer in Cities?

In an article in The Atlantic , “ You're More Likely to Die a Violent Death in Rural America Than in a City,” author Emily Badger expla...

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Findings of "Crack Baby" Study

A recent Philadelphia Inquirer article, " 'Crack baby' study ends with unexpected but clear result," written by Susan Fi...

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Reaction to Zimmerman Verdict by Race

Reaction to Zimmerman Verdict by Race

A recent article on LiveScience.com reported on a Pew Research Center survey of 1,480 American adults about their opinion of the outcome ...

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Math Challenged Americans

In a recent article on CNBC , " Math-Challenged Americans More Likely to End Up in Foreclosure," reported the findings of  "...

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Overestimating the Black Population in the US

Overestimating the Black Population in the US

A recent article in The Atlantic reported that the 2000 General Social Survey asked 1,000 White adults to estimate what percentage of t...

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Global alcohol consumption

Global alcohol consumption

An article in The Economist reports that the world’s inhabitants drank the equivalent of 6.1 liters (1.6 gallons) of pure alcohol per per...

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Growth of the Nonreligious

Growth of the Nonreligious

The new, nationwide survey by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life of 4,006 adults conducted March 21-April 8, 20...

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Women, Aging, Fertility, and Statistics

In the July/August, 2013 issue of The Atlantic ,  Jean M. Twenge, Professor of Psychology at San Diego State University and author of  The I...

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The Rise of Single Fathers

The Rise of Single Fathers

According to a recent report from the Pew Research Center based on the analysis of Decennial Census and American Community Survey data, the...

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Half of Iranians Lack Adequate Money for Food, Shelter

Half of Iranians Lack Adequate Money for Food, Shelter

According to a recent Gallup Poll of based on telephone surveys of Iranian adults during 2011 through 2012, h alf of respondents say there...

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Gallup's Economic Confidence Index is -8 for June, similar to -7 in May

Gallup's Economic Confidence Index is -8 for June, similar to -7 in May

According to a recent Gallup Poll, Americans' confidence in the economy held steady in June, despite U.S. stock prices registering a mo...

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“Behind a cancer-treatment firm’s rosy survival claims”

In a recent post on the blog, Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science , the following was reported: Brett Keller p...

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