Shifting public opinion on climate change: Factors influencing concern in the U.S.
2012 study from Drexel University, McGill University and Ohio State University in Climate Change on the drivers of U.S. public sentiment on global warming.
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Percentage of named offenders on the registry at the time of the assault: Reports from sexual assault survivors
2012 study published in Violence Against Women journal on the effectiveness of sexual-registry laws on preventing sexual assaults and aiding investigations.
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What can we learn from historical data on Social Security entitlements?
2011 U.S. government report on the ages of Social Security and Disability Insurance applicants over time.
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Divorce and women’s loss of health insurance
2011 report from the University of Michigan’s Population Studies Center on how divorce effects women’s health insurance coverage.
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Impact of noneconomic damages cap on health care delivery in hospitals
2012 Seton Hall University study on the health-care impacts of limits on noneconomic damages in malpractice suits.
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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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