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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

The future of the family

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Since 1974, there have been a number of questions asking whether people are optimistic, pessimistic, or uncertain about the future of "...
Saturday, January 21, 2012

When did everyone start liking Hillary Clinton?

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Recently a lot of people have been talking about Hillary Clinton in very flattering terms.  Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Patrick Cadd...
Sunday, January 15, 2012

Class Conflict in America?

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A recent New York Times story noted that perceived conflict between the rich and poor has increased since 2009.  Although it said that ...
Friday, January 13, 2012

Who thinks Republicans are liberal?

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As I mentioned last time, many people seem to have incorrect or idiosyncratic understandings of "liberal" and "conservative....
Sunday, January 8, 2012

Ron Paul, Moderate

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Until the late 1960s, the numbers of people who called themselves liberal was about equal to the number who called themselves conservative....
Monday, January 2, 2012

More on plummeting support for redistribution

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This question was first asked in 1984 by Gallup and has been picked up by other organizations: "Do you feel that the distribution of m...
Wednesday, December 21, 2011

"Best" colleges, least learning?

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In a previous post, I considered the idea that watching Fox News reduces knowledge. I will now be fair and balanced by considering the pos...
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David Weakliem
I was a professor of sociology at the University of Connecticut from 1994 until my retirement in 2021. I am editor of the journal Comparative Sociology. My new book, Public Opinion, was published by Polity in 2020. Hypothesis Testing and Model Selection in the Social Sciences was published by The Guilford Press in April 2016.
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