Majorities in France, Germany, and Britain Hold Favorable Views of Muslims

Majorities in France, Germany, and Britain Hold Favorable Views of Muslims

According to a 2014 Pew Research Center survey , Muslims are viewed favorably by 72 percent of the French public, 58 percent of Germans, and...

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Marijuana Fast Becoming Legitimate Business

Marijuana Fast Becoming Legitimate Business

A new interactive feature by The Economist maps the progress of the decriminalization of cannabis in the United States.  Four states and th...

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Deepening Global Inequality Or Dodgy Statistics?

Deepening Global Inequality Or Dodgy Statistics?

A recent report by the anti-poverty advocacy organization Oxfam has made headlines around the world.  The report, " Wealth: Having It A...

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Most American Communities Remain Intensely Segregated, Even As The Country Becomes More Diverse

Most American Communities Remain Intensely Segregated, Even As The Country Becomes More Diverse

Through a series of maps, Eric Fisher has painted a sobering picture of residential segregation in more than one hundred US metropolitan are...

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America In Black And White

America In Black And White

As we celebrate Martin Luther King Day, the Pew Research Center paints a sobering picture of racial disparities in the United States.  Five...

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ICPSR Student Paper Competition--Submission Deadline is January 31!

ICPSR Student Paper Competition--Submission Deadline is January 31!

For details, please go to: http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/support/announcements/2015/01/icpsrs-2015-student-research-paper

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The Difference That Statistical Noise Makes: US Job Reports

The Difference That Statistical Noise Makes: US Job Reports

Do your students struggle to understand the meaning of a margin of error in polls?  The New York Times' The Upshot created a helpful il...

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For Americans, Free Speech Trumps Religious Sensibilities

For Americans, Free Speech Trumps Religious Sensibilities

A new HuffPost/YouGov poll conducted in the wake of last week's attacks in Paris, France, found that a majority (63 percent) of America...

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Muslim Publics Hold Very Negative Opinions Of Well-Known Extremist Groups

Muslim Publics Hold Very Negative Opinions Of Well-Known Extremist Groups

A 2014 survey by the Pew Research Center showed that citizens of Middle-Eastern, African, and Asian countries have grown increasingly conce...

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"Junk Charts"--Helpful Do's And Don'ts of Data Visualization

"Junk Charts"--Helpful Do's And Don'ts of Data Visualization

Do your students struggle to read data visualizations, interpret them correctly, distinguish the good from the bad, or make their own? On ...

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Trends In Men Who Don't Work

Trends In Men Who Don't Work

In a recent article  Amanda Cox, of the New York Times' The Upshot , examined changes in the makeup of the unemployed male population si...

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New Year's Resolutions: Many Of Us Make Them, Few Of Us Keep Them

New Year's Resolutions: Many Of Us Make Them, Few Of Us Keep Them

The polling aggregation website FiveThirtyEight created by Nate Silver recently took a look at Marist polls of New Year's resolutions. ...

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The Modern American Family Is More Complex, Less "Traditional"

The Modern American Family Is More Complex, Less "Traditional"

Recently released data from the US Census Bureau show that holiday gatherings now most likely look much different than they did in the 1960...

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