Pulse of the Polis

Does literature advance one funeral at a time? And do Americans trust poll workers this November?

Plus a look at Climate Anxiety and who older Americans trust when searching for healthcare information. [Weekly Pulse 10/25/2024]

Oct 25, 2024 • 

Peter Licari

September 2024

America's obesity rate plateaus—and who will benefit from a Trump Presidency (Weekly Pulse #1)

Plus Americans' economic perceptions and why it's so hard to get solid numbers on US net immigration.

Sep 27, 2024 • 

Peter Licari

The End of an Unintentional Hiatus

Some reflections on writing and embracing intentional infrequency.

Sep 24, 2024 • 

Peter Licari

February 2024

Political (Dis)trust of Science All Around the World

Plus literally the most cursed data visualization I've ever seen.

Feb 9, 2024 • 

Peter Licari

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January 2024

How Not to Mess Up Your Survey Experiment

Plus how different translations of Mass Effect may have led to different qualitative experiences of the game.

Jan 26, 2024 • 

Peter Licari

The Vibes are off. Are we measuring them correctly?

Plus a quick look at where people put MLK and Hitler on a left-right political ideology scale.

Jan 19, 2024 • 

Peter Licari

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November 2023

Can ChatGPT Label Your Text Data?

Plus, how entropy can help us learn about the world from quantitative AND qualitative sources.

Nov 15, 2023

August 2023

Are Trump's Indictments ACTUALLY Helping Him in the Primaries?

Plus the multiple ways that waving is associated with higher wellbeing.

Aug 28, 2023

Should you pay your survey respondents directly or enter them into a raffle?

Plus suggestions for your binary regression models and a dismal lack of measurement invariance in psychometric testing

Aug 7, 2023 • 

Peter Licari

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July 2023

Schwarzenegger's Kristallnacht Speech Doesn't Seem to Have Persuaded Republicans about January 6th

Plus, a look at when corporations engage in political speech on social media and what that speech looks like.

Jul 19, 2023 • 

Peter Licari

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The Trade-Offs from Having Open-Ends in Your Survey

And what things makes people more/less likely to opt-in to your smartphone-related data collection

Jul 17, 2023 • 

Peter Licari

PotP #16: Older Adults Outperform Young Adults in Identifying Fake News; and MTurk vs Student Sample: Which is better?

Plus a look at rates of online harassment. Which are about as not-good as you'd expect.

Jul 6, 2023 • 

Peter Licari

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