How did the primary vote forecasts fare in 2008?
2009 study from DePaul University in Presidential Studies Quarterly on changing variables in forecasting U.S. presidential primaries.
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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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Verbal and non-verbal intelligence changes in the teenage brain
2011 study in the journal of science Nature on whether structural changes in the brain and longitudinal changes in IQ are related.
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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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Momentum in the 2008 presidential contests
2009 study in Polity on how trends in the last presidential campaign conform to political science theory.
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Comparing caucus and registered voter support for the 2008 presidential candidates in Iowa
2008 study in PS: Political Science & Politics on the demographics and voting behaviors of Iowa 2008 voters and caucus attendees.
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Framing labels and immigration policy attitudes in the Iowa caucuses
2010 study in Political Behavior examines public opinion survey data on immigration rhetoric and policy preferences among Iowa caucus-goers.
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Impact of long-term exposure to concentrated disadvantage on high school graduation
2011 study from the University of Michigan and University of Wisconsin-Madison on the link between disadvantaged neighborhoods and high school graduation rate.
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2008 presidential election, 2.0: Content analysis of political Facebook groups
2010 study by Pennsylvania State University in Mass Communication and Society on presidential candidate Facebook pages in 2008.
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Research Supplemental Poverty Measure, 2010: Consumer income
2011 report by the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Census Bureau with revisions to poverty measures and their impact on U.S. poverty levels.
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