Research chat: Nicholas Lemann on journalism, scholarship, and more informed reporting
Interview with Nicholas Lemann of Columbia Journalism School and The New Yorker about using research in reporting.
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Research chat: Political scientist Michael Traugott on primary polls
Interview with University of Michigan political scientist Michael Traugott about elections, polling, and the media.
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Polls or pols? The real driving force behind presidential nominations
2003 paper for the Brookings Review about the importance of party insider endorsements during the presidential nominating contests.
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The New Hampshire effect in presidential nominations
2004 study in Political Research Quarterly on the impact of the New Hampshire primaries on overall election outcomes.
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Resources, contests and the exit of candidates during the U.S. presidential primaries
2006 study in the British Journal of Political Science on the factors that most strongly predict the duration of presidential candidacies.
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Dynamics of poll performance during the 2008 presidential nomination contest
2009 study in Public Opinion Quarterly on the failures of polls to predict the outcomes of the 2008 presidential primaries.
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“Sour grapes” or rational voting? Decision making among thwarted primary voters in 2008
2010 study in Public Opinion Quarterly about how Clinton supporters ultimately voted in the general election in 2008.
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Research chat: PBS NewsHour’s Margaret Warner
Interview with PBS NewsHour journalist Margaret Warner about how she prepares for interviews and assignments.
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The viability primary: Modeling candidate support before the primaries
2009 study in Political Research Quarterly examining the factors that shape voter preferences in the pre-primary period.
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Global prevalence of child sexual abuse
2009 metastudy from the University of Barcelona published in Clinical Psychology Review analyzing 65 research studies across 22 countries to estimate an “overall international figure” for such abuse.
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