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reportAug 16, 2018

Most Americans Accept Genetic Engineering of Animals That Benefits Human Health, but Many Oppose Other Uses

Americans’ concerns about animal biotechnology focus on risks to animals, humans and the ecosystem.
decodedAug 13, 2018

Making sense of topic models

Topic models can produce clusters of words that characterize written documents. But how do we figure out what those clusters mean, exactly?
reportApr 17, 2018

5. Key experts’ thinking about digital life and individuals’ well-being in the next decade

Following is a collection of comments by several of the many top analysts who participated in this canvassing: We will soon interact with digital technologies less frenetically Kenneth Cukier, senior editor at The Economist, wrote, “Many people are frazzled by the always-on internet, but this is a feature of our embryonic understanding of how to […]
reportApr 17, 2018

1. The state of play for technology and looming changes

A strong narrative about online life has arisen in recent years that pushes back against the techno-optimism of the earlier days of the internet. A roundup of recent headlines underscores the darker storyline: The Global Risks 2018 report by the World Economic Forum lists “adverse consequences of technological advances” as one of the top risks […]
short readsApr 30, 2018

Women scarce at top of U.S. business – and in the jobs that lead there

Only about 5% of the chief executive officers of 1,500 companies we examined were women. Among the tier of executives just below the CEO in terms of pay and position in the corporate hierarchy, 11.5% were women.
short readsApr 2, 2018

Most Hispanic parents speak Spanish to their children, but this is less the case in later immigrant generations

The share of Latino parents who ensure the Spanish language lives on with their children declines as their immigrant connections become more distant.
reportMay 22, 2018

What Unites and Divides Urban, Suburban and Rural Communities

Despite widening gaps in politics and demographics, Americans across community types have a lot in common in key facets of their lives.
decodedJun 27, 2018

How to analyze Pew Research Center survey data in R

Pew Research Center releases its survey data publicly as IBM SPSS files with the .sav extension. But if you don’t have access to SPSS, there are free, open-source tools available to analyze and make use of the data.
short readsApr 13, 2018

U.S. foreign policy experts are more pessimistic about democracy than their European counterparts

Foreign policy experts on opposite sides of the Atlantic have markedly different assessments of the way democracy is working in their countries.
reportJun 13, 2018

Resumen de hallazgos: La brecha de edad respecto a la religión en todo el mundo

Según varias mediciones, los adultos jóvenes tienden a ser menos religiosos que sus mayores. Lo contrario se da en raras ocasiones. En Estados Unidos, los grupos religiosos vienen envejeciendo desde hace décadas, y los adultos jóvenes ahora son mucho menos propensos que sus mayores a identificarse con una religión o participar en diversas prácticas religiosas. […]

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Search results for: “future”

Most Americans Accept Genetic Engineering of Animals That Benefits Human Health, but Many Oppose Other Uses

Making sense of topic models

How to analyze Pew Research Center survey data in R

U.S. foreign policy experts are more pessimistic about democracy than their European counterparts

Resumen de hallazgos: La brecha de edad respecto a la religión en todo el mundo