Hospital incident reporting systems do not capture most patient harm
2012 report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on hospital reporting rates and incidences of harm.
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Long-term impacts of teachers: Teacher value-added and student outcomes in adulthood
2011 study from Harvard and Columbia exploring the long-term impact on students of teachers with differing “value-added” ratings.
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Ideological segregation online and offline
2011 study from the University of Chicago on news consumers and content selection, highlighting the different levels of polarization in various contexts.
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Following the rules? Candidate strategy in presidential primaries
2009 paper in Presidential Election Studies on the allocation of campaign resources and correlations with available state delegates.
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Situational gamblers: Prospect theory and presidential campaign management
2011 study from Columbia University on how a psychological theory can help better interpret presidential campaign decisions.
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American Cancer Society: Cancer facts and figures 2012
2012 report from the American Cancer Society with projected cancer mortality rates by state, age and gender, survival trends and the impact of personal behaviors.
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Perceptions of national economic performance during unequal growth
2011 study from Georgetown University on shared economic perceptions of low and high income earners in America.
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Spread of behavior in an online social network experiment
2010 study by MIT in PNAS on social networks and the spread of health-related behaviors.
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Effect of dietary guidelines on the demand for whole-grain bread
2010 study from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service on the impact of governmental dietary targets on consumer behavior.
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U.S. obesity trends and neighborhood effects
2011 study in the New England Journal of Medicine on the type of neighborhood in which an individual lives and health outcomes.
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