Research chat: Ron Suskind on investigative reporting, interviewing and documents
2012 interview with author and investigative reporter Ron Suskind about his reporting and writing techniques.
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U.S. National Science Board: Science and engineering indicators, 2012
2012 report from the National Science Foundation putting U.S. research and development and high tech industries in global context.
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Longitudinal gender and age bias in a prominent amateur new media community
2012 study published in New Media and Society on age and gender discrimination in an online community.
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The variability of returns on initial public offerings (IPOs)
2012 study from Penn State, Loyola Marymount and the University of Rochester on the difficulty of accurately pricing initial stock offerings.
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Roads to prosperity or bridges to nowhere? The impact of public infrastructure investment
2012 paper by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco for the National Bureau of Economic Research on the economic effects of spending on highway projects.
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Perceptions of discrimination and racial policy opinion after Obama
2011 study from the University of Michigan on racial attitudes and perceptions in America immediately before and after Barack Obama’s election.
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Commuting distance, cardiorespiratory fitness and metabolic risk
2012 study on the relationship between commuting distance and health, including BMI, cholesterol, blood pressure and cardiorespiratory fıtness.
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Estimating the return to college selectivity over the career using earning data
2011 Princeton University working paper on the estimated monetary returns and highly selective college attendance in the United States.
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Growing gap in favorable views of federal and state governments
2012 Pew Research survey looking at variation in citizen assessments of government at different levels, and partisan divides in the United States.
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Isolated capital cities, accountability and corruption: Evidence from U.S. states
2012 paper from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government about the dynamics of transparency and the geographical location of state capitals.
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