by Sarah Tata (class of 2023) Coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, the need for mental health support amongst adolescents is at an all-time high. A study conducted by the SAGE Open Medicine journal concluded that when aggregating data from several studies with 65,508 participants (ranging from 4 to 19…

by Jael Strell (Class of ‘23) It is no longer novel to propose that sexism plays an outsized role in how both candidates and voters view and make decisions regarding politics. Hillary Clinton’s 2016 attempt to ‘“break the glass ceiling” was inextricable from the litany of sexist and degrading rhetoric…

by Brendan Hartnett (Class of ‘23) Geospacial analysis has entered the social science mainstream. Spacial economics and political geography are trending thanks to the availability of accessible and user-friendly geospacial analysis software. As geographic distance is an increasingly popular dependent variable in social science, this tutorial explains how to use…

by Brendan Hartnett (Class of 2023) In the fall, Brian Schaffner and I shared state-level estimates of belief in Trump’s Big Lie in The Washington Post. Given pollsters did not systematically survey each state to probe its voting age population’s belief in the integrity of the 2020 Presidential Election, we…

By Julian Perry Leveraging the U.S. Census Bureau The U.S. Census Bureau is one of the most useful sources of data for anyone studying American society. The Bureau’s activities extend well beyond the decennial Census that most Americans get every 10 years; other programs include the American Community Survey (ACS)…

By Scott Blatte (Class of 2023), Danielle Piccoli (Class of 2023), and Matt Zachem (Class of 2022) Baseball teams and political parties aren’t all that different: both compete to win, whether for championship glory or coveted offices. And when individual players or politicians fail to meet the goals of the…

By Zoe Kava (Class of 2024) Former President Donald Trump didn’t do much to hide his negative views towards immigrants during his presidency (and run for presidency). After all, he ran his campaign largely on “America first” ideals, and his promise of building the wall to keep immigrants out. President…

By Brian Schaffner Shiny Apps are interactive web based tools that allow users to analyze data with a simple point and click interface. These can be built in R studio using R code. …

In this post, we share insights on opinions and vote choices in the 2022 midterm elections from students’ analyses of the Tufts Public Opinion Lab election poll. These students designed and analyzed the results from our national poll as part of their work for the Polling the 2022 Election seminar. …