Ethics
Study activities were reviewed and approved by institutional review boards at Emory University, USA (IRB no. 00110271), Azim Premji University, India (reference no. 2019/SOD/Faculty/5.1) and Makerere University, Uganda (reference no….
Category: Social Sciences
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Modularity of online social networks acts as a reliable predictor of both whole-network and ego-network characteristics over time
Agrawal SR (2021) Adoption of WhatsApp for strengthening internal CRM through social network analysis. J Relat Mark 20(4):261–281
Albert R, Barabási AL (2002) Statistical mechanics of…
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100 years after the Scopes trial, science is still under attack
One hundred years ago, a small town in eastern Tennessee captured the attention of the entire country.
A biology teacher in Dayton was accused of teaching human evolution to his students — which was illegal in Tennessee at the…
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A common parenting practice may be hindering teen development
Vacation season is upon us. But that doesn’t necessarily translate to teens roaming free.
A new poll finds that less than half of U.S. parents feel comfortable leaving their teenager alone in a hotel room while they grab breakfast….
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Variation in access to urban parks across six OECD countries
Scope of study
Before undertaking a larger-scale comparison across many countries, we sought to test whether this approach for measuring accessibility at scale would yield policy-relevant results in a few countries with varying levels of economic…
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Cognitive representations of social networks in isolated villages
White, H. C. Identity and Control: A Structural Theory of Social Action (Princeton Univ. Press, 1992).
Christakis, N. A. Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society (Little, Brown, 2019).
Bearman, P. S. & Moody, J. Suicide and friendships…
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Measuring employment readiness for hard-to-place individuals
This study utilizes a unique data set comprising self-reported progression surveys collected every three months from disadvantaged social assistance recipients, that is, social assistance recipients defined (by their caseworkers) to be not…
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