When Delphi-Facebook and the U.S. Census Bureau provided near-real time estimates of COVID-19 vaccine uptake last spring, their weekly surveys drew on responses from as many as 250,000 people.
Mathematics
Dec 8, 2021
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When public elementary schools close, families, teachers and public school advocates often criticize municipal authorities saying these closures disproportionately affect the poor and underrepresented, potentially widening ...
Education
Dec 7, 2021
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The predictive analytics industry is slated to earn more than $273 billion in 2022. Yet, despite the hype over big data and the forecasting power of tools such as statistical modelling and machine learning, not all firms ...
Economics & Business
Dec 3, 2021
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What happens when a city increases the size of its police force?
Other
Nov 24, 2021
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Contrary to popular belief, there has been no great migration in the U.S. during the pandemic.
Economics & Business
Nov 17, 2021
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There are clear and enduring regional divides across Great Britain, finds an intergenerational assessment of the social mobility of British families between 1851 and 2016, carried out by University College London (UCL) researchers ...
Social Sciences
Oct 28, 2021
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Researchers are worried about coronavirus-related disruptions to one of the U.S. Census Bureau's most important surveys about how Americans live, saying a gap in the 2020 data will make it more difficult to understand the ...
Social Sciences
Oct 27, 2021
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Since the 1970s, dams have been removed from the U.S. at an increasing rate, with the aim to improve the ecology of river ecosystems, fish migration pathways, water quality, and recreation spaces.
Environment
Oct 8, 2021
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When data from the nation's 2020 census were released this summer, many asked John Logan: Is the country's segregation problem improving? His answer: It's complicated.
Social Sciences
Oct 5, 2021
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A new study found the use of outdoor parks and trails in urban areas of North Carolina declined during two summer months of 2020—contrary to anecdotal reports of a spike in new users during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study ...
Ecology
Sep 29, 2021
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