Tag: research brief
James Watson exemplified the best and worst of science – from...
Andor J. Kiss, Miami University
James Dewey Watson was an American molecular biologist most known for co-winning the 1962...
The beauty backfire effect: Being too attractive can hurt fitness influencers,...
Andrew Edelblum, University of Dayton and Abby Frank, University of Oregon
“Sex sells” has been a mantra in marketing...
Relying heavily on contractors can cut attendance by 27% for museums,...
Hala Altamimi, University of Kansas and Qiaozhen Liu, Florida Atlantic University
Many nonprofits face growing pressure from their donors...
Winning a bidding war isn’t always a win, research on 14...
Soon Hyeok Choi, Rochester Institute of Technology
In today’s hot housing market, winning a bidding war can feel like...
Even professional economists can’t escape political bias
Aeimit Lakdawala, Wake Forest University
Republican-leaning economists tend to predict stronger economic growth when a Republican is president than...
No credit history? No problem − new research suggests shopping data...
Joonhyuk Yang, University of Notre Dame and Jung Youn Lee, Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University
If...
Most air cleaning devices have not been tested on people −...
Amiran Baduashvili, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and Lisa Bero, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Portable air...
When it comes to finance, ‘normal’ data is actually pretty weird
D. Brian Blank, Mississippi State University and Gary F. Templeton, West Virginia University
When business researchers analyze data, they...
EXPLORING NATURE
When fake data is a good thing – how synthetic data...
Ambuj Tewari, University of Michigan
You’ve just finished a strenuous hike to the top of a mountain. You’re exhausted...
