Visualizing the Prison Boom: A Time-Lapse Map of Prison Construction in the U.S., 1811-2004

Visualizing the Prison Boom: A Time-Lapse Map of Prison Construction in the U.S., 1811-2004

At 716 per 100,000 people (2013 figures), the U.S. has the highest incarceration rate in the world.  The number of Americans behind bars is ...

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Why It's Impossible For Today's College Students To Work Their Way Through School

Why It's Impossible For Today's College Students To Work Their Way Through School

As reported in a recent article in The Atlantic , up until the early 1990s it was possible for U.S. college students to work their way throu...

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Longhand Note-Taking Linked to Better Academic Performance

Longhand Note-Taking Linked to Better Academic Performance

A new article, " The Pen Is Mightier Than the Keyboard: Advantages of Longhand Over Laptop Note Taking ," published in the journal...

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US Health Care System Ranks Last in 11 Industrialized Countries Comparison

US Health Care System Ranks Last in 11 Industrialized Countries Comparison

As reported in The Guardian , the Washington-based organization Commonwealth Fund has issued a new report analyzing the performance of healt...

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Happiness: What's Age Got To Do With It?

Happiness: What's Age Got To Do With It?

Happiness and its determinants have recently peaked the interest of researchers in fields as diverse as psychology, sociology, economy, and ...

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Homophily and The Geographic Pattern of Political Polarization

Homophily and The Geographic Pattern of Political Polarization

In their 2013 article published in the Annals of the Association of American Geographers , Wendy Cho (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champ...

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The Changing Face of Fatherhood

The Changing Face of Fatherhood

Kim Parker of the Pew Research Center wrote a new feature about today's fathers, using data from recent Pew Research Center reports. ...

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How the Recession Reshaped the Economy, in 255 Charts

How the Recession Reshaped the Economy, in 255 Charts

A very detailed New York Times interactive feature charts, industry by industry, how the recession has reshaped the US job market and shows...

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Sports Statistics: Which Country Is Most Likely to Win The World Cup?

Sports Statistics: Which Country Is Most Likely to Win The World Cup?

As we count down to the 2014 World Cup kickoff, football fans debate the chances of their favorite teams.  Would they agree with sports stat...

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New Study Dispels Some Widely Held, But Incorrect, Beliefs About Causes Of The Obesity Epidemic

New Study Dispels Some Widely Held, But Incorrect, Beliefs About Causes Of The Obesity Epidemic

In a new article published in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians , Roland Sturm (RAND Corporation) and Ruopeng An (University of Illinois a...

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ICPSR Research Paper Competition Winners Announced!

ICPSR is pleased to announce the  winners  of our  2014 Research Paper Competitions . Lorraine Blatt  (B.A., Psychology) of the Grinnell Col...

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Death Penalty States Consider Returning To Old-School Execution Methods

Death Penalty States Consider Returning To Old-School Execution Methods

The death penalty is once again being debated as drug shortages and legal challenges are prompting lawmakers in several death penalty states...

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5 Facts About Today’s College Graduates

5 Facts About Today’s College Graduates

A recent Pew Research Center data roundup presents interesting facts about the new cohort of college graduates.  Using data from the Nation...

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