Just the social facts, ma'am

Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Making a difference

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I've written several times about opinion on the minimum wage.  Surveys almost always find strong support for increasing it.  For exampl...
Thursday, September 20, 2018

Not sure I believe this

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"How serious a problem do you think racial discrimination against blacks is in this country--a very serious problem, a somewhat serious...
Saturday, September 15, 2018

Very dishonest people

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I had posts a couple of weeks ago about views of the "honesty and ethical standards" in various occupations.  The figures for ...
Sunday, September 9, 2018

Backlash?

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In 1992, a poll asked "In your view, are most people who receive welfare payments genuinely in need of help or are they taking advantag...
Monday, September 3, 2018

Who's the problem? (part 3)

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   Changes in average ratings of the "honesty and ethical standards" of more occupations.  First, some professions: Ratings ...
Friday, August 31, 2018

Who's the problem (part 2)

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Here are graphs showing changes in the average rating of the "honesty and ethical standards" in various occupations.  There were a...
Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Who's the problem? (part 1)

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Some people argue that people are unhappy with the state of American economy and society because of things like slow economic growth and ris...
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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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