Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Examples of everyday mainstream research (and its flaws)

Smart phones foster dumb habits among pedestrians

This piece was published in a variety of places, via the Associated Press

World's most livable city is: Vancouver (B.C.)

According to Reuters and the Economic Intelligence Unit

World's least livable city is: Harare, Zimbabwe
According to Reuters and the Economic Intelligence Unit

Vancouver (WA!): One of the nation's most romantic cities?

Columbian story on romance rating of Vancouver

Washington: The most "blackest" name in America?

Associated Press article, using census data and reporting

"Best-value" colleges, according to The Princeton Review:

In a partnership with USA Today

What do college rankings really tell us?

"The Order of Things," by Malcolm Gladwell in The New Yorker. (This is a subscription-only article in The New Yorker, so I will bring a copy of the full article to class for those who don't have a subscription).

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