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Study using a combination of web-tracking and survey data to look into Online Pornography Use – No difference between mainstream Christians and Non-Religious Individuals

The use of web tracking panel data provides new insights into Germans’ online pornography use. According to new research published in Archives of Sexual Behavior, German Catholics, Protestants, and the religiously unaffiliated are as likely to use online pornography as each other. By comparison, members of minority religions in Germany, …

02/11/2023 Dr. Kristi Winters

ChatGPT: A tutor for data analysis?

ChatGPT is an interesting new tool to support data analysis in the social sciences. It can be used to get suggestions for data analysis methods and for writing code. In this post, I summarize my experience in using ChatGPT to conduct a simple analysis of turnout with the ESS 2018. …

05/06/2023 Dr. Holger Döring

Data Spotlight #1

As dedicated data curators, we’re excited to showcase curated data collections that will hopefully ignite your research interests. Today we present you: Surveys by the Press and Information Office of the Federal Government The topics represented in the surveys of the Press and Information Office of the Federal Government (Bundespresseamt; …

08/05/2023 Dr. Alexander Jedinger

Bild von Justitia, blind, mit Schwert und Waage

Datafying Justice – Wie ist es um die amtlichen Rechtspflegestatistiken bestellt?

Justitia muss die Rechtswirklichkeit kennen, damit Gerichte, Staatsanwaltschaften und Soziale Dienste der Justiz ihre Arbeit bestens informiert erledigen können. In der Realität aber fehlen für viele Bereiche Daten, vieles liegt im Dunkelfeld. In diesem Text geben wir einige Beispiele. Justice must know the legal reality so that courts, public prosecutors’ …

14/09/2022 Dr. Nicole Bögelein