It all has to do with your perspective: how much you remember what things used to cost and how far in the future you're planning.

 Analysis shows that indiscriminately training generative artificial intelligence on real and generated content, usually done by scraping data from the Internet, can lead to a collapse in th...

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Strengthen the credibility of your survey-based research with this online seminar on the foundational principles of survey design, led by Adam Berinsky of the MIT Political Experiments Research Lab. Designed for PhD students and professional researchers, the seminar explores how sampling, question wording, response options, survey mode, nonresponse, weighting, and cognitive response processes shape the validity of empirical claims. Participants will learn how to identify and avoid common sources of bias, improve questionnaire design, develop effective pretesting strategies, and integrate transparent survey design decisions into manuscripts, grant proposals, and reproducible workflows. With examples from historical polling errors and contemporary applied research, the seminar offers both conceptual depth and practical tools for producing stronger causal and descriptive inference across political science, psychology, sociology, public policy, and related fields. The seminar is delivered live via Zoom, with recordings, slides, materials, and an expert-monitored Q&A forum available for 30 days afterward, and participants receive an official Instats certificate of completion. #OnlineSurvey #PoliticalScience #Psychology #PublicPolicy #SocialSciences #Sociology #SurveyDesign #DataScience #Statistics #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats

“Miami’s migration tells a striking story,” says the Bank of America Institute. Meanwhile, the Midwest is “still having a moment.”

Mamdani is teaching the whole country a lesson, as his city empties of people.

A new species of marine mollusk discovered in the Caribbean has been named after the 40-year-old goalkeeper.

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Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

Government and private sector wrestle for joint custody of the unfulfilled golden boy of Mexican transport.

Over the past year, the vast majority of new jobs have gone to women. One economist says to help men find work, we need to embrace ways to "make girly jobs appeal to manly men."