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The Republic of Georgia: Public Opinion about NATO and the Implications for U.S. Foreign Policy
(2016-02-02)This paper explores how various socioeconomic measures affect Georgian residents' opinions on joining NATO. These measures include education level, knowledge of the English language, and job satisfaction. Through statistical ... -
The Implications of Shortening Early Voting Periods: A Case Study from Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
(2016-05-05)Early voting is a widely available convenience voting option, yet research into exactly who casts a ballot early has produced mixed results. Researchers have simultaneously shown that early voters are wealthier and whiter ... -
Undocumented Migration Unveiled: The Driving Effect of Violence, Income, and Freedom on Migration from Latin America to the United States
(2016-05-31)Existing research on the effect of violence on undocumented migration from Central and South America to the United States is limited and generally broad in its findings. To fill this gap, this paper theorizes that high ... -
Determinants of Military Expenditure for Deterrence: Interaction with Nuclear Weapons, Democracies, and Alliances
(2016-12)During his campaign trail, the President-elect announced increasing military expenditure to enable deterrence to maintain the security of the United States. However, limited quantitative research exists to determine if ... -
Job Training Programs for Dislocated Workers: The Positive Effects of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
(2016-12)There has been a substantial amount of research the past several decades measuring the effectiveness of federally subsidized Department of Labor (DOL) programs to assist the unemployed. However, there is little to no ... -
Determinants of Forced Migration: The Varying Effects of Violence and Economic Conditions on Syrian Refugee Flight
(2016-12)The majority of existing research on the impact of civil war on forced migration flows uses observations at the annual-global level, limiting the applicability of results to explaining aggregate trends. This article studies ... -
Algorithmic Discrimination in the U.S. Justice System: A Quantitative Assessment of Racial and Gender Bias Encoded in the Data Analytics Model of the Correctional Offender Management Profiling for Alternative Sanctions (COMPAS)
(2017-04)The fourth-generation risk-need assessment instruments such as Correctional Offender Management Profiling for Alternative Sanctions (COMPAS) have opened the opportunities for the use of big data analytics to assist judicial ... -
Predictive Policing in Seattle: The Effects on Location and Type of Crime
(2017-05)Existing literature generally acknowledges that crime is not random and dispersed across different areas, but instead crimes cluster at specific locations. While there are extensive studies covering the effect predictive ... -
Predictive Analysis of Long-Term Risk Factors of Incarceration for At-Risk Youth
(2017-08)The use of predictive analytics to prevent crimes, or predictive policing, is increasingly used by governments as part of criminal justice and law enforcement strategies today. Broadening the application of predictive ... -
A Flaw in the Federal Adult Education Funding Formula: Academic Gains and English Language Learners
(2017-08)Existing research in the field of adult basic education diverges between transformative learning theory, which focuses on how student growth is accomplished in the classroom, and human capital theory, where adult education ... -
Who Visits National Parks? The Effect of Changing Local Demographics on National Park Visitorship
(2017-08)During a two-decade general decline in visits to U.S. national parks during the 1990s and 2000s, annual visits to one-third of national parks actually increased. Previous research shows that park attendance varies by race, ... -
Perceived Discrimination and Racial Health Disparities: The Association of Race, Health Care Coverage and General Health on Perception of Discrimination
(2017-08)Prior research acknowledges that racial health disparities are a challenge faced in public health. While the association between race, discrimination and health outcomes has been evaluated, this study explored perceived ... -
Water Conflict Revisited: Fresh Water Scarcity as a Key Predictor of Contemporary Armed Conflict
(2017-08)For over 30 years, scholars have investigated the direct relationship between fresh water scarcity and armed conflict using a wide variety of analytical techniques. However, this body of literature has yet to provide a ... -
Privacy Public Opinion: Conflicted in the Current Cybersecurity Environment
(2017-08)Privacy public opinion is conflicted in the current cybersecurity environment. As the world becomes more interconnected in the digital realm, there is a struggle between information sharing versus the protection of that ... -
Machine Learning and Civil War: Investigating Tree-Based Models for Predicting Intrastate Violence
(2017-12)This study’s aim is to improve the forecasting of civil war and examine the practical utility of using machine learning techniques in this effort. Specifically, this study investigates a variety of sampling methods used ... -
Fraccidents: The Ostensible Link Between Oil and Gas Development and Car Accidents in Post-Shale Boom Texas Counties
(2017-12)New developments in the exploration of unconventional Oil and Gas (O&G) resources have become an energy industry trend. Nevertheless, there are underlying environmental and socio-economic impacts attributed to “fracking”, ... -
Responsiveness to Citizen Input: Topic Model Analysis of Public Comments to the San Francisco Police Commission
(2017-12)Police commissions are uniquely positioned to funnel critical issues raised by citizens to police departments, thereby increasing accountability and potentially improving police/community relations. However, no empirical ... -
Identifying Intentionally Duplicative Public Comments Submitted to Proposed Federal Rules
(2017-12)Since the public commenting process for proposed federal regulations became primarily web-based, the number of rules receiving extremely high comment volumes has increased substantially; raising concerns about whether ... -
An Improved Index for Measuring Precinct-Level Political Ideology in California
(2017-12)Despite California’s reputation as a solidly liberal state, there exist deep regional and neighborhood-level divisions in political ideology among voters. Factor analysis has been used in previous research to formulate ... -
Less Traditional, Less Success: The Negative Effect of Nontraditional Students on Community College Graduation Rates
(2017-12)Community colleges enroll 40% of all undergraduates and 60% of community college students are independent for financial aid purposes. Independent students, with a number of nontraditional traits, are increasing as high ...