I'm happy to live in the messy world in which we care more about
our research than about what to formally call ourselves and each other.
Not exact matches
Amid all the angst
about the small percentage of women who work in computer science, a new
research paper has a surprising finding: Women may actually be better coders
than men.
Data and
research and scholarly journals are great, but people like Dale, people with a pubic platform willing to talk openly
about their experiences, spread awareness and create change at a much faster rate
than would otherwise have been possible.
In states lacking non-discrimination policies for LGBT people, gay men tend to be penalized most, Klawitter's
research indicates, with gay men in same - sex couples earning
about 30 percent less
than their counterparts in opposite - sex couples.
Social customer service company Conversocial partnered with New York University on
research that found that more
than one - third of all tweets to companies were
about customer service issues, but that only three percent incorporated the company's Twitter username with the @ symbol.
And that's OK because you're
about to learn more
than a dozen
research - backed methods for taking your online forms from low - performing to irresistible.
The findings appear to show that public attitudes
about the media are «more complex and nuanced
than many traditional studies indicate,» according to the American Press Institute, which conducted the study as part of a collaborative effort with the Associated Press - NORC Center for Public Affairs
Research.
For example, several
research teams have criticised medical dramas showing heart resuscitation techniques for conveying misinformation
about their effectiveness, such as far higher survival rates from a heart attack, or more younger people experiencing attacks
than in real life.
When MillerCoors dug into some
research in 2014
about how consumers recognized the blue can, they kept hearing over and over that it looked more like a soda
than a beer.
According to video game
research firm Newzoo, game sales of Activision's (ATVI) 2013 title Skylanders Swap Force sold
about 3.9 million copies to date, slightly lower
than the 2012 Skylanders Giants version at 4.65 million, which was comparable to Skylanders Spyro's Adventure sales in 2011.
Tom Mulcair's recent article for the Institute for
Research on Public Policy (IRPP) raises perhaps more questions
than it answers
about the NDP's positions on the economics of energy and the environment.
Research shows
about one in five telecommuting employees work less
than an hour a day.
And if the bank continues to keep the ratio of its revenue paid as compensation lower
than usual, it could result in savings of
about $ 300 million for the company in the year, according to an estimate from Autonomous
Research's Guy Moskowski in the bank's earnings call.
According to
research by Jeffrey Dew, a faculty fellow with the University of Virginia's National Marriage Project, couples who fight
about finances once a week are 30 % more likely to divorce
than those who disagree on the topic a few times per month.
While both Volvo and Imperial College concede that these applications are still a long way off, the potential alone is more
than enough to get anyone geeked - up
about the future of materials
research.
Kilduff's
research has found that participants who are asked to think
about a personal rival before performing a task are far more likely to inflate their actual performance
than participants who are simply asked to think
about a competitor.
What this reveals is that consumers today are doing more
research than ever before
about the products they choose to buy.
According to this
research, a profitable company in which 30 percent of the top executives are women would expect to be
about 15 percent more profitable
than one in which the C suite is all male.
Similar to recent
research showing that fake news spreads faster
than facts on Twitter, these findings
about YouTube's algorithm can't be blamed on any nefarious plot to destabilize the world.
According to global market
research firm NPD Group, LCDs now account for more
than 90 % of TV sales — bad news for Panasonic, whose sales dropped by
about 25 % in the second quarter of this year.
Between 1995 and 2007, bank lending to companies with less
than $ 10 million in annual revenue averaged
about 37 percent of total bank commercial loan portfolios, according to Shapiro's
research.
Market
research reveals that gay men and lesbians drink
about 30 % more beer
than average and that they're nearly twice as likely to choose a light beer.
For example, the Small Business Innovative
Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) are seed funds created by Congress to help transform government - funded research into businesses; these invest about $ 2.5 billion in grants, annually, in more than 6,000 co
Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) are seed funds created by Congress to help transform government - funded
research into businesses; these invest about $ 2.5 billion in grants, annually, in more than 6,000 co
research into businesses; these invest
about $ 2.5 billion in grants, annually, in more
than 6,000 companies.
Consumer contests like Frito Lay's «Do Us a Flavour» campaign are more
about market
research than product development.
The
research shows that in order to recruit or retain A players in your organization, you need to pay them
about 20 % more
than the going market rate.
The company is facing questions from lawmakers on both sides of the Atlantic
about how it handles personal user data after a pair of weekend reports by The Observer newspaper in the U.K. and The New York Times alleged
research firm Cambridge Analytica improperly gained access to the data of more
than 50 million Facebook users.
Wong and Penner based their
research on a long - running national study in which interviewers asked more
than 14,000 people
about things like income, job, and education.
According to
research firm Nielsen, rosé table wine sales are now valued at more
than $ 207 million annually, growing
about 50 % from a year ago and outpacing the overall market's more modest 4 % increase.
Research from California Institute of Technology suggests that faces photographed from just 45 centimeters —
about 1.5 feet — away are considered less trustworthy, attractive, and competent
than faces photographed from 135 centimeters,
about 4.5 feet, away.
When thinking
about the Pentagon's technological
research, it's more pertinent to wonder what its scientists aren't into
than what are they into.
That all makes it a treasure trove of health data for scientists, and it's resulted in more
than 1,000 academic
research projects
about life choices and health.
A recent study published in the Journal of Consumer
Research found that people who were asked to think
about the past were willing to pay more for products
than those who were asked to think
about new or future memories; another experiment showed an increased willingness to give more money to others after recalling a nostalgic event.
Separately, some Republican senators were questioning the repeal of a 40 percent inheritance tax levied on estates worth more
than $ 5.5 million, or $ 11 million for married couples — a tax paid only by the wealthiest American taxpayers, or
about 0.2 percent of Americans, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a
research and policy institute.
The
research for this one is less clear cut, but if you're facing a potentially tough negotiation or other situation where you need to keep your wits
about you, spot lies, and counter manipulation, stony - faced determination is probably better
than smiles.
The 2.4 - million - square - foot center generates
about $ 1,000 in annual retail sales per square foot, according to real estate
research firm Green Street Advisors — more
than twice the national average for shopping centers.
And Valeant's round -
about method of funding
research, if that's what it's actually doing, seems a lot less cost effective, with all of the bankers and lawyers and hedge fund managers taking chunks of deals
than if drug companies directly devoted a portion of their sales toward finding new drugs.
The mammoth
research project involved sifting through more
than 10,000 observations
about managers and correlating these with measures of team success.
MORE
than 10 years of
research and development to design new four wheel drive suspension technology has paid off handsomely —
about $ 51 million worth — for an enterprising Dunsborough identity.
Research does show that money is associated with greater happiness up to an income of
about $ 75,000, but even after controlling for income, it turns out that people who want time more
than they want money are happier.
And you can expect them to be savvier
about how to use technology to
research and negotiate salaries
than past generations.
He lifted his 2012 earnings estimate and his fair value estimate on the stock after Wednesday's results, but gave lukewarm praise in a
research note, «We concede this was a better quarter
than anticipated, particularly given numerous questions
about weakening end - demand following disappointing fourth - quarter results.»
The Japanese automaker has been less vocal
about its plans for self - driving cars
than larger rivals like Toyota and General Motors, which in recent months have shown off major
research and development projects and big - ticket acquisitions.
That was
about 5 percent less
than those companies spent on new plants,
research and development and other investments.
After all, more
than half of surveyed workers (51 %) said social shows them too much information
about their coworkers, according to a recent Pew
Research report.
Two investors and one founder have told Re / code that most companies in the on - demand space are thinking
about whether to reclassify their workers, although some are further along in their
research than others.
Easier said
than done, I set
about researching the best way to identify key decision makers, and here's a summary of the best advice and tips that I found.
It cited 2016 Pew
Research Center data showing that more
than 55 percent of households older
than age 65 watch cable news programs, and it noted that «one multi-country study found that public broadcast news (such as PBS) increased political knowledge, while cable news actually reduced knowledge that people have
about actual events.»
According to a 2011 Pew
Research Center poll, more
than 40 percent of people aged 18 to 30 believe they will receive no retirement income from Social Security, even though Social Security receipts are estimated to equal
about 75 percent of benefits on a sustainable basis under the current regime.5
I've
researched just
about all the crowdsourced real estate and other alternative investment platforms (more time
than I care to admit) and I highly recommend RealtyShares.
She's spent time in places you've never heard of...
researched more markets, scrutinized more deals, and checked out more projects in the region
than just
about anyone you're likely to meet.Margaret is also the editor of Pathfinder's free e-letter, The Pathfinder Alert.