Data-Driven Learning Guides

These guides can be used to enhance teaching of core concepts in the social sciences. In order to be useful to the widest audience, the focal topics are drawn from concepts that are included in standard introductory-level social science textbooks. New guides will continually be added and topic areas expanded.

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• Acculturation
• Age and Attitudes about the Rights of Homosexuals
• Aging and Caregiving
• Aging and Social Integration
• Altruism
• Attitudes about Global Warming in the United States
• Attitudes about Racial Discrimination and Racial Inequality in the US
• Attitudes toward Electoral Accountability
• Attitudinal Stability on Short- and Long-term Issues
• Body Image, Gender, and School Experience in Adolescence: A Data-Driven Learning Guide
• Characteristics of Teen Substance Users
• Civic Participation and Demographics in Rural China
• Crime Victimization in the US
• Demographics and Non-Traditional Civic Participation
• Educational Attainment
• Ethics and Politics
• Euthanasia
• Exploring the Gender Gap
• Exploring the Second Shift
• Frequency Distributions
• Gambling Behavior in the United States
• Gender and Occupation
• Gender and Racial Differences in Teens' Attitudes about Sexuality
• Gender in STEM Education
• Gender Role Attitudes in Japan
• Generational Trends in Attitudes about Gun Ownership
• Homelessness
• Identity Politics and the Latino vs. Hispanic Debate
• Intergroup Relationships - Attitudes and Behaviors
• Interpersonal Power in Intimate Relationships
• Issue Evolution
• June Cleaver: Myth or Reality? A Data-Driven Learning Guide
• Partisanship
• Racial Disparities in Mental Health
• Religion among Teens
• Religion and Opinions on Democracy in Ghana
• Social Capital in South Africa
• Social Capital Over Time and Across Generations
• Social Change
• Social Class and Attitudes about Inequality
• Social Class and Health
• State Legislator Job Duties
• State Legislators and Representation
• The American Dream at the Turn of the 21st Century
• The Significance of Linked Fate for Women
• The War on Terror
• US Foreign Policy towards Haiti 1994
• Voter Turnout in the U.S.