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Though there's a science to using search-term data to predict reality show outcomes, that same kind of data is probably too confounding to provide any real insight into which candidates will get nominated or who will ultimately win the 2008 presidential race. Still, there's no harm in guessing - or in taking a look at what the American public really wants to know. In a previous article, I revealed the most popular searched-on issues in relation to each of the presidential hopefuls. Now, somewhere over Colorado, I'm sifting through thousands of these one-off searches, hoping...
...looks like Internet users are also trying to predict their favored candidate's success in the upcoming election by searching on head-to-head comparisons with their likely competition: "Clinton versus Giuliani," or "Fred Thompson versus Barack Obama." (Searches on Fred Thompson, by the way, are as popular as searches for pictures of his wife...
...despite the opportunity for turnover, political analysts predict that voter turnout will remain extremely...
Professional journalists and Harvard academics debated the media’s ability and responsibility to predict economic trends during a discussion about financial reporting at the Institute of Politics yesterday. In light of the recent subprime mortgage crisis and the dot-com bubble burst, the four panelists shared their perspectives on the role of journalism in shaping the financial behavior of the public. The panel members argued over whether financial crises could be predicted and whether the general population could respond to such information in order to minimize the extent of a potential economic downturn. In particular, they addressed...
...impossible to predict how many Asians will become addicted as their access to gambling increases, but "there are going to be victims," says Rachel Volberg, a U.S.-based sociologist and an expert in gambling addiction. Volberg was one of the authors of a 1999 study examining the impact of gambling in the U.S. that found the presence of venues such as casinos and horse-racing tracks roughly doubles the incidence of problem and pathological gambling in the surrounding community within a range of 50 miles (80 km). Throughout the world, Volberg says, the introduction of gambling typically results...