Advice for researchers aims to help improve both data collection and its interpretation
Even when there’s an easy-to-access better alternative, some prefer their rut
2016 vote shares for Trump and Sanders point to a mix of negative emotions
Sharing the technology’s weak work product negatively influences the quality of its output going forward
Police patrol Black areas more frequently than others with similar homicide rates and income levels
Women — and some men — more inclined to apply for positions
On COVID-19’s impacts, social scientists’ predictions weren’t much better than those of laypeople
A new way to classify individuals delivers insights on social divisions and the culture war
Learning gradually versus all at once and how we estimate value
Positive views on, say, a social policy are more easily suppressed than negative ones
Notion that boys are innately better at math undermines girls’ self-belief
Can modern decision theory, paired with a half-century-old thought experiment, help make a more just society?
Laws that threaten ideological preferences prompt some opponents to adopt more extreme beliefs
Tying payments to weight, rather than behaviors, marginally more effective
Revealed compensation might motivate workers to do more, without a raise