Does Marriage Affect Earning Potential?
Using DASIL’s United States Income Data by Marital Status, Race, and Sex visualization, one can see how the effect of marriage on a person’s earnings… Read More »Does Marriage Affect Earning Potential?
Anthropology and Sociology
Investigating Police Brutality in Los Angeles
Excessive use of force by law enforcement is by no means a novel phenomenon in the United States. However, with high-profile cases like Michael Brown,… Read More »Investigating Police Brutality in Los Angeles
A Tool for Visualizing Regression Models
Will sales of a good increase when its price goes down? Does the life expectancy of a country have anything to do with its GDP?… Read More »A Tool for Visualizing Regression Models
Modeling Population Growth in Excel
The Malthus and Condorcet Equations, simple formulas that model relatively complex trends in population growth, are now accessible with an Excel calculator that allows the… Read More »Modeling Population Growth in Excel
Data Across the Curriculum: Teaching Data Skills in Sociology
Casey Oberlin, Assistant Professor of Sociology, understands the importance of using data in the classroom, especially in such a discipline as Sociology, which is commonly… Read More »Data Across the Curriculum: Teaching Data Skills in Sociology