Apologies to my former students and my colleagues for committing the sin of oversimplification. I know I am using static values of population and not…
Posts published in “Data: Polls and Stats”
Reporter and podcaster Jesse Singal has given us a wonderful look into how and why social sciences promote junk science. The Quick Fix: Why Fad…
The concept of a minimum wage troubles me. Many nations do well without mandated minimum wages, while others do well with complex minimum wage systems.…
Will Republicans learn from their Georgia United States Senate run-off election losses? That seems unlikely. I had written that it was likely the Georgia races…
When students reach out during office hours it is rarely about anything I teach. The leading questions I receive: “What degrees have the best job…
Election 2020 nears its end with relatively little change nationally. The House and Senate likely remain with a seat or two of their current divisions.…
Joe Biden is likely to become the next president of the United States, winning from 315 to 360 electoral votes. Beyond the Electoral College, Biden…
People don’t trust polling, even though polling is impressively accurate and models improve year after year. If polls are so “scientific” then why do they…
Voting for Joe Biden isn’t something I take lightly. It is the right thing to do, faced with the potential of another four years with…
As Donald Trump pushes educated voters further and further away, he contributes to a trend that emerged during the 2004 election cycle. Believe it or…