A nationwide analysis finds these lawsuits aren’t always an indicator of racial injustice or that one political party may have an unfair advantage.
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Recent studies examining COVID-19’s impact on mental health also find differences among groups of students such as high school athletes.
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Knowledge of research methods can help the public discern valid scientific claims from false or misleading ones, researchers explain.
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This short explainer provides an introduction to tribal sovereignty and its importance to tribal nations and the daily lives of Native Americans in the U.S.
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If you’re not sure how a cross-sectional analysis differs from a randomized, controlled clinical trial, keep reading. We offer a broad overview of five of the most common research designs journalists encounter.
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Two experts offer insights to help journalists make sense of the recent controversy around critical race theory, a decades-old legal framework for examining how U.S. laws and systems have perpetuated racism.
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Two scholars offer guidance to help newsrooms report more accurately on scientists’ work and hold the scientific community responsible for protecting the integrity of science.
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Researchers urge newsrooms to present scientific errors and academic journal retractions as part of science’s self-correction process.
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Journals can take months to years to retract unreliable research. Journalists often fail to tell the public when scientific discoveries later are determined invalid or fraudulent, a new paper reveals. PLUS: 4 tips for tracking flawed research.
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Is peer-reviewed research really superior? Why should journalists note in their stories whether studies have been peer reviewed? We explain.
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