The interesting section is below the top graphic – you can click to zero in on certain occupations.
Not surprisingly, college presidents are much more conservative than faculty.
Data on occupational licensing: we have the most highly trained cosmetologists in the world
Furthermore, the variation in regulatory stringency across industries looks arbitrary as well. You might expect that the strictest regulation would be reserved for industries in which potential consumer harms are the worst. How then to explain the fact that cosmetologists must complete an average of 372 days of education and training before getting their license while emergency medical...
Graph: Marine officers are becoming dumber
Data on usage of fuck and shit
North Carolina uses both frequently, one of the many things that makes it a such great place to live.
America becomes more liberal, but is still conservative
More socially liberal but still economically conservative, that is. Good news for libertarians.
Data on female serial killers
Female serial killers are more rare than their male counterparts, but they aren’t nonexistent; about one in six serial murderers is a woman. […] She and her colleagues started at murderpedia.org, an online encyclopedia of serial killers and mass murderers. They ultimately identified sixty-four female serial killers who were active between 1821 and 2008. The researchers then used reputable...
Trend data on sex disapproval
Reviews matter: fascinating data from Tripadvisor
Those reviews carry demonstrable weight. A study by Cornell University’s Center for Hospitality Research found that for every percentage point a hotel improves its online reputation, its “RevPAR” (revenue per available room) goes up by 1.4 percent; for every point its reputation improves on a five-point scale, a hotel can raise prices by 11 percent without seeing bookings fall off. […] The...
Data on U.S. military deserters
Between 2003 and 2006, more than 20,000 American soldiers and Marines abandoned their posts. […] American military commanders rarely seek out deserters and even more rarely punish them. At the height of the Iraq War, fewer than 5 percent of deserters received a court-martial, and fewer than one percent served prison time. […] From that number, the only deserters who have consistently...