Messages that mobilize? Issue publics and the content of campaign advertising
2008 study by George Washington University and the University of Texas at Austin on political advertisements and effects on voter groups.
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Analyzing the Islamic extremist phenomenon in the United States
2011 report by Rice University seeks to identify demographic trends among persons suspected of ties to Islamic extremist activity.
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Effects of college educational debt on graduate school attendance and early career and lifestyle choices
2010 study in Education Economics on student debt and post-graduation choices.
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Opinion formation, polarization and presidential reelection
2009 study from Duke and Wisconsin in Presidential Studies Quarterly on the relationship between political polarization and presidential reelection.
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Research chat: Dan Ariely and Malcolm Gladwell on writing about social science
Duke economist Dan Ariely and New Yorker writer Malcolm Gladwell in conversation about social science and journalism.
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Kindergarten children’s friendships: Child adjustment in the early school years
2010 study from the University of Illinois in Infant and Child Development on the impact of friendship quality on future social skills and behaviors.
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Have disaster costs increased due to climate change?
2011 metastudy by the Institute for Environmental Studies on peer-reviewed studies on economic losses from weather events and their potential connection to global warming.
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Minority vulnerability in privileged occupations: African-American financial advisers
2012 study by the University of Illinois, Chicago, on dynamics behind wage disparities between whites and African-Americans at a financial services firm.
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Mormons in America: Certain in their beliefs, uncertain of their place in society
2012 study from the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life on Mormon attitudes on religion, politics and American society.
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Federal student loans: patterns in tuition, enrollment and federal Stafford loan borrowing up to the 2007-08 loan limit increase
2011 study from the U.S. Government Accountability Office on changes in the federal student loan program.
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