Social scientists are now in an era of data abundance, and machine learning tools are
increasingly used to extract meaning from data sets both massive and small. We explain …

Abstract Public Opinion Quarterly at its outset focused heavily on the influences on public
opinion, predicated on the assumption of its strong impact on politics and policymaking. Has …

An innovative and accessible guide to doing social research in the digital age. In just the
past several years, we have witnessed the birth and rapid spread of social media, mobile …

Getting numbers is easy; getting numbers you can trust is hard. This practical guide by
experimentation leaders at Google, LinkedIn, and Microsoft will teach you how to accelerate …

OpenStreetMap, a crowdsourced geographic database, provides the only global-level,
openly licensed source of geospatial road data, and the only national-level source in many …

Addressing climate change in the United States requires enactment of national, state and
local mitigation and adaptation policies. The success of these initiatives depends on public …

Few data sources exist that can be used to describe the demographic characteristics of
transgender people in the United States. Most US demographic data come from national …

The conservative asymmetry of elite polarization represents a significant puzzle. We argue
that politicians can maintain systematic misperceptions of constituency opinion that may …

Can meaningful representation emerge in an authoritarian setting? If so, how, when, and
why? Making Autocracy Work identifies the trade-offs associated with representation in …

The rise of mass incarceration in the United States is one of the most critical outcomes of the
last half-century. Incarceration Nation offers the most compelling explanation of this outcome …