The Washington Post’s recent layoffs have reignited a familiar — and deeply uncomfortable — debate in American journalism: when a newsroom faces sustained financial losses, is cutting staff a necessary step toward survival, or a self-defeating move that accelerates decline?
Read More Exploring The Washington Post’s Staff Cuts: A Risky StrategyI’ve seen complexity used to silence criticism. Reciprocal tariff calculations look thorough and scientific because most people aren’t familiar with equations or Greek letters. But when examined closely, it’s much more straightforward.
Read More Simplifying Tariff Equation for International TradeBelieve it or not, 40 years ago, I put my first online survey in the field. My how things have changed.
Read More The Evolution of Online Surveys: Insights from 40 Years AgoSmall subgroups create special challenges. In this Gay Pride Month, we look at the issue of including the LGBTQ community as a subgroup.
Read More Gay Pride Month. Demographic Research Issues.Recent reports suggest that coffee is associated with longer life. This is great news but why should we be suspicious?
Read More Coffee and correlationThe balance between freedom of posting and controlling disinformation seems to be an impossible balance to reach. “Terms of service” address this balance in two ways. First, by what the social network will allow, and second, how it protects itself.
Read More Social Media Responsibly & Terms of Service.We can all learn to open ourselves up to alternative perspectives. This short post discusses bias. It won’t hurt.
Read More Communication BiasAs my students grapple with various research traditions, I have penned this article with an example of critical cultural commentary. The goal is to introduce the differences.
Read More Research PerspectivesThe scientific method is difficult . It is easy to skip to the bottom line and assume research “proves.” This post uses a simple example to understand scientific research.
Read More Simplified Example of Scientific MethodVariable choice is a necessary first step to understandable results. It is too easy to skip.
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