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...actually possible to understand the difference in online habits between Democrats and Republicans. We start with a survey of 35,000 Americans by Simmons Market Research Bureau, which tagged political affiliation along with other interests. The survey, along with other data, make up what's called a "mosaic," - segmentation of Americans grouped into 50 sections by similar behavior, interest and political affiliation. We can apply those segments to online activity to understand the difference between Democrats and Republicans...
...survey in its annual report, the American Cancer Society reveals that the death rate from cancer continues to drop because of better detection and treatment. From 1990 to 2004, deaths fell 18% for men and 10% for women. That's more than half a million lives saved...
Another noteworthy fact from the survey was a steep decline in fundraising at Yale. The school saw donations drop by 9.7 percent from 2006 to 2007, which resulted in a drop from third to eighth place...
...certainly did not expect to be read passages from the Bible over her California rolls. But when approached by two well-dressed strangers, a man and a woman who looked like they could be undergraduates, that is exactly what happened. The pair told Nagy that they were conducting a survey for a class, and although she was in a rush, she consented to help them out. The dogmatic duo asked her if she was familiar with the concept of God as a female figure. When she responded negatively, they pulled out a Bible and began citing passages in defense...
...Sampson and colleagues recently examined more than 3,000 violent acts committed in Chicago from 1995 to 2003, analyzing police records, census data and a survey of more than 8,000 residents. They discovered what Sampson calls the "Latino Paradox" - first-generation Mexican immigrants were 45% less likely to engage in violence than third-generation Americans. This pattern continued into the second generation, which was 22% less likely to be violent. Similar trends have been seen in New York and Miami, both of which have large immigrant enclaves. "Immigrant communities are often responsible for revitalizing the urban neighborhoods that they...