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short readsMar 18, 2016

5 facts about Twitter at age 10

Five facts about Twitter, as the microblogging platform marks its 10th anniversary.
reportFeb 4, 2016

Most Americans Say Government Doesn’t Do Enough to Help Middle Class

As Americans begin casting the first ballots in the 2016 presidential election, neither political party is widely viewed as supportive of the middle class in this country.
reportMay 5, 2016

1. America’s global role, U.S. superpower status

The public remains wary of U.S. international involvement, although on some measures opposition to an active U.S. global role has declined since the last America’s Place in the World study in 2013. While more Americans say the U.S. does too much (41%) than say it does too little (27%) to solve world problems, the share […]
reportApr 7, 2016

Methodology

The Educational Ecosystem 2015 Survey, sponsored by Pew Research Center, obtained telephone interviews with a nationally representative sample of 2,752 adults living in the United States. Interviews were conducted via landline (nLL=963) and cellphone (nC=1,789; including 1,059 without a landline phone). The survey was conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International (PSRAI). The interviews were […]
data essayJul 26, 2016

Human Enhancement

The scientific and ethical dimensions of striving for perfection
short readsJan 6, 2016

A new estimate of the U.S. Muslim population

Pew Research Center estimates that there were about 3.3 million Muslims of all ages living in the United States in 2015. This means that Muslims made up about 1% of the total U.S. population.
reportFeb 23, 2016

Works Cited

AAPOR. 2003. “Interviewer Falsification in Survey Research: Current Best Methods for Prevention, Detection and Repair of Its Effects.” Benford, Frank. 1938. “The Law of Anomalous Numbers.” Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. Bredl, Sebastian, Peter Winker and Kerstin Kötschau. 2012. “A statistical approach to detect cheating interviewer falsification of survey data.” Survey Methodology. Bredl, Sebastian, […]
short readsDec 29, 2015

Congress’ productivity improves somewhat in 2015

Congress passed 113 laws, 87 of them substantive, in 2015, making it the most productive first session since 2009.
reportFeb 25, 2016

2. Discussion mentioning the 2016 presidential candidates was vigorous in run-up to primaries, but did not dominate Reddit

While conversation about the 2016 presidential candidates on Reddit was robust in the summer and early fall of 2015, in the prelude to the primaries, it was one of many topics of conversation on the site competing for attention among its users. During the three months studied – May, June and September of 2015, more […]
reportMar 22, 2016

6. In the U.S., religious commitment is high and the gender gap is wide

Compared with some other economically advanced countries, religious commitment in the United States is exceptionally high. When it comes to daily prayer, religion’s importance in people’s lives and weekly attendance at worship services, Americans of both genders display greater religious engagement than their counterparts in Canada, Germany, Australia, France and the United Kingdom, Pew Research […]