A study published in the Review of Economics and Statistics finds that employees who are perceived as capable and socially adept have greater success in the workplace. They tested maths and social skills today and compared them with scores from the 1980s and measured them against success.
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An international study published in the Journal of Consumer Psychology finds that Facebook users are largely unwilling to recommend brands and products via Facebook because they fear how this might look to their broader circle such as work colleagues.
Continue reading “Social Inhibition on Facebook” Here’s a great short social science video.
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Computational biologist Jim Kozubek crafts a social science argument about the flaws in algorithms used in social media and dating apps, which presume people are “flat,” that is, “without contradictions. ”
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A social science study finds birth rates are impacted by gender cultural norms and policies.
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Social science research shows urban legends are more likely to be shared when they contain social information. That is, details about people or relationships.
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‘The way in which researchers define, identify, and handle outliers has important implications for substantive conclusions… research on science journal articles addressing outliers revealed that researcher usually view outliers as “data problems” that must be “fixed” […]
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A study published in the British Journal of Criminology finds local communities are usually protecting pirates when they have no comparable alternative source of income.
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A new study warns that people are overusing antibiotics, which lowers the effectiveness of these drugs. Yet the people who understand this best are actually two and a half times more likely to overuse antibiotics without a prescription as well as pass on these drugs to others.
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Journalist and former English scholar, Dr Jacob Brogan, argues that Facebook’s focus on ‘liking’ activities makes it harder to reflect meaningfully on negative life experiences.
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