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“CoreLogic® a leading provider of information, analytics and business services, reported today that the current residential shadow inventory as of July 2012 fell to 2.3 million units, representing a supply of six months. This was a 10.2 percent drop from July 2011, when shadow inventory stood at 2.6 million units, which is approximately the same …
Nones on the Rise: One-in-Five Adults Have No Religious Affiliation – “The number of Americans who do not identify with any religion continues to grow at a rapid pace. One-fifth of the U.S. public and a third of adults under 30 are religiously unaffiliated today, the highest percentages ever in Pew Research Center …
Via LLRX.com: Statistics Resources and Big Data on the Internet – Marcus P. Zillman has compiled a best practices bibliography of sites and reliable sources focused on the hot topic of statistics and big data. These sources are representative of multiple publishers, national and global – government, academia, NGOs, and industry, many of which leverage …
News release: “Since October 2011, nearly all U.S. colleges have been required to post net price calculators on their websites. Based on an in-depth look at 50 randomly selected colleges calculators, a new report from The Institute for College Access & Success (TICAS) found that many of these online tools are difficult for prospective college …
“In this months analysis, The Hamilton Project confirms its previous findings that the returns to college attendance are much higher than other investments, such as stocks, bonds, and real estate. We also find that the returns to college have been largely constant over the last 35 years, indicating that the rising tuition costs have been …
News releases: The Association of American Publishers (AAP) and Google today announced a settlement agreement that will provide access to publishers in-copyright books and journals digitized by Google for its Google Library Project. The dismissal of the lawsuit will end seven years of litigation. The agreement settles a copyright infringement lawsuit filed against Google on …
Behind the scenes at iFixit, where DIY repair is more than just a business, by Dashka Slater, November/December 2012 Issue “iFixit – a fixture on Inc. magazine’s list of fastest-growing US firmsaims to change that assumption. It sells tools and parts and provides free, crowd sourced manuals showing how to repair everything from smartphones to …
“What industries have women influenced? How have women on management teams affected exit options? At what stage do women join startups? What verticals see the highest number of females? This exclusive study, produced by the research team at Dow Jones VentureSource, answers these questions and further examines the impact female executives have had on the …
TechAmerica Foundation’s Big Data Commission report, Demystifying Big Data: A Practical Guide to Transforming the Business of Government “Big Data has the potential to transform government and society itself. Hidden in the immense volume, variety and velocity of data that is produced today is new information, facts, relationships, indicators and pointers, that either could not …
Losing My Revolution – How Many Resources Shared on Social Media Have Been Lost? Hany M. SalahEldeen and Michael L. Nelson, Old Dominion University, Department of Computer Science. September 13, 2012 “Social media content has grown exponentially in the recent years and the role of social media has evolved from just narrating life events to …
Gallup: But most [Americans] do not use their strengths enough to maximize mood benefits, by Jim Asplund: “The more hours per day Americans get to use their strengths to do what they do best, the less likely they are to report experiencing worry, stress, anger, sadness, or physical pain “yesterday.” Fifty-two percent of Americans who …
“The presentation includes random notes and interesting quotes that illustrate not only how researchers are using social media but also how measurements of their social web impact relates to their personal brand and altmetrics. Lorcan Dempsey, OCLC’s Vice President, Research, and Chief Strategist, gave this presentation to staff at the University of Pittsburgh Library System …
