The news reports that Austin, Texas, has been named one of the ten best places to buy rental property in the U.S. Also, Austin area rents are at record highs. The question is, how does the Austin rental market stack up to San Francisco’s–the second most expensive place to live in the U.S. next to […]
Month: November 2019
Prior to December 31, 2012, the Wireless Amber Alert program allowed the public to receive wireless SMS text-based notifications when children were abducted. The Amber Alert program depended on members of the public to sign up online and designate areas for which they wanted to receive alerts. They would then receive alerts for the designated […]
The production of distilled beverages involves a large supporting cast of industries and occupations. It also consumes energy and takes an environmental toll. This analysis looks at the value added and imports, by industry, needed to produce distilled liquor. I also look at which occupations and how much compensation goes into distilled beverage production. Finally, […]
Human resource software is used by more than just HR specialists. According to O*Net ( https://www.onetonline.org/ ), there are 78 occupations that interface with some sort of human resource software–from CEOs to retail sales persons, from surgeons to crossing guards. Furthermore, there are 256 different examples of human resource software on the market according to […]
This analysis examines whether funding sources impact the effect size of clinical trials–differences between treatment and control groups. I examine differences between clinical trials that are solely funded by industry and those funded by other institutions such as the National Institute of Health (NIH), other U.S. federal organizations, research universities, etc. The topic of this […]
This analysis examines the demographics of those who spend the most time playing games–defined as playing board games, playing computer games, and playing games over the Internet. The data come from the American Time Use Survey published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2018. The study covers the following demographic breakdowns–sex, age, race, employment […]
The data show that a one unit increase in the number of patents in a state leads to a $129,793 increase in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in that state. The patent data come from the Patent Examination Research Dataset from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The GDP and employment figures by state […]