The Dorothy S. Thomas Award is presented annually for the best graduate student paper on the interrelationships among social, economic and demographic variables. Nominations for this and other @popassocamerica.bsky.social awards are due by Jan. 31 2025! #PAA2025 ow.ly/l10X50U2wgH
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New in @readdemography.bsky.social: @bradytwest.bsky.social et al suggest web surveys, with proper design and weighting, can produce nationally representative population estimates similar to those generated face-to-face. This potential opens opportunities for advancing population science.
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OSF
I am working my way through this great guide - learn how to assess data quality for your purpose! doi.org/10.31219/osf...
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How our view of science changes: Study tracks attitudes from adolescence to adulthood
Science fascinates us as children and challenges us as adults, a 33-year study by University of Michigan researchers reveals.
"...The study shows that our relationship with science is a lifelong story shaped by curiosity, critical thinking and the ever-present push to learn more." Michigan News covers research lead by Jon Miller on how views of science change with age. 🧪#SciComm news.umich.edu/how-our-view...
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"You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” – Abraham Lincoln 🏴☠️ | Home of #TheBreakdown and LP Podcast
Director of data & digital scholarship at an ivy league univ | organizing a bunch of #data rescuers @datarescueproject.org | support #qualitative research & software | PhD in American history | thoughts are mine not my employer’s
Data & Society is a nonprofit research institute that studies the social implications of data-centric technologies, automation, and AI.
Public Access to Public Data is a Public Good. We want to ensure our data are not gone forever. Read more about our efforts: https://www.datarescueproject.org/press/
Professor, social epidemiologist @hsph.harvard.edu • Social policy + health equity • Director https://hsph.me/sphere • Mama, immigrant • Opinions mine
Population health scientist and demographer. Science thrives on honesty, honor,and commitment to others. Cat dad to two girls who are vying for the record of the longest lived cats.
Interdisciplinary research team based at #umich Institute for Social Research
We aim to clarify the social drivers and biological mechanisms that underlie variation in population health.
Demographer, survey methodologist, longitudinal surveys, Census Bureau data, public health, wellbeing, amateur blacksmith and weldor
Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan. Studying cities and inequality
The oldest substance-use journal in the U.S. (est. 1940).
A nonprofit publication based at the Center of Alcohol and Substance Use Studies at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
Keep an open mind on the issues that matter. In print weekly, online daily.
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In-depth, independent reporting to better understand the world, now on Bluesky. News tips? Share them here: http://nyti.ms/2FVHq9v
Research Professor @ Univ. of MI Institute for Social Research (ISR) and Department of Biostatistics. Usually discussing statistics, surveys, sports, music, and leadership. Personal website: www.umich.edu/~bwest
Demography publishes research drawing on several disciplines including the social sciences, geography, history, biology, statistics, epidemiology, and public health. Published bimonthly by Duke University Press. Subscribe to Open.
Demographer & Sociologist: families, caregiving, dementia, gender, work. ❤s 🍩 & gardening 🌻. She/her. Let us build each other up.
Psychologist studying how people think, learn, and develop. Assistant Professor at URI
The birthplace of foundational concepts in social science, RCGD conducts research on observed behavior at the U-M Institute for Social Research.
