Does Perceived Physical Attractiveness in Adolescence Predict Better Socioeconomic Position in Adulthood?

Does Perceived Physical Attractiveness in Adolescence Predict Better Socioeconomic Position in Adulthood?

A recent study published in PLOS ONE attempted to replicate experimental research done on the relationship between perceived physical attra...

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PhD Students added to NAHDAP Student Research Paper Competition

The National Addiction and HIV Data Archive Program (NAHDAP) is expanding its Research Paper Competition to allow submissions from  PhD stu...

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Multiple-Choice Tests and Student Learning

Multiple-Choice Tests and Student Learning

In a paper published in Current Directions in Psychological Science , Rutgers University researchers Arnold Glass and Neha Sinha review nin...

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Does better measuring of race mean a better understanding of health?

Does better measuring of race mean a better understanding of health?

This post, by Katie Brown and John Garcia, was originally published on the Center for Political Studies blog:  http://cpsblog.isr.umich.edu/...

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2014 Student Research Opportunities at ICPSR

ICPSR is the world's largest archive of digital social science data.  It also offers an award-winning summer internship program for unde...

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State Variation In Student Debt

State Variation In Student Debt

Student debt is now considered one of the major challenges facing young Americans.  In the  Survey of Young Americans’ Attitudes toward Poli...

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South African Inequality Over The Life Of Nelson Mandela

South African Inequality Over The Life Of Nelson Mandela

Today we mourn the death of a remarkable man who transformed his country's political landscape and left a profound mark on the world. ...

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Millennials Grow More Disillusioned With Government And Politics

Millennials Grow More Disillusioned With Government And Politics

Harvard University Institute of Politics ' latest  Survey of Young Americans’ Attitude Toward Politics and Public Service suggests that...

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Sizing Up The Workforce: Who Counts as Unemployed?

Sizing Up The Workforce: Who Counts as Unemployed?

The latest unemployment figures are about to be released.  As explained in this Wall Street Journal article , the Labor Department follows v...

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Views on End-of-Life Medical Treatments Strongly Associated With Religious Affiliation And Race/Ethnicity

Views on End-of-Life Medical Treatments Strongly Associated With Religious Affiliation And Race/Ethnicity

A new survey by the Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project paints a complex picture of Americans' views on end-of...

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Parents of Daughters More Likely to Identify with Republican Party, But Only If High-Status

Parents of Daughters More Likely to Identify with Republican Party, But Only If High-Status

A newly published  study by sociologists Dalton Conley (New York University) and Emily Rauscher (University of Kansas) examines whether bio...

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