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Approximately 250 adult Florida residents are surveyed monthly by telephone and online for the Florida Consumer Sentiment Index survey. Eligibility is determined by asking the person who answers the phone or takes the survey online if they are age 18 or older and living in a private residence in Florida. Telephone sample is RDD (Random …
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BEBR Director, Dr. Christopher McCarty, in collaboration with FSU, obtained a grant from the National Science Foundation to establish a Federal Statistical Research Data Center at the University of Florida (Florida Research Data Center). Only 32 of these data centers exist across the country with the Florida Research Data Center being the only one in …
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BEBR produces Florida’s official state and local population estimates and projections. These estimates and projections are used for distributing state revenue-sharing dollars to cities and counties in Florida and for budgeting, planning and policy analysis by state and local government agencies, businesses, researchers, the media, and members of the general public.
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BEBR was founded in 1930 and is part of the UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. BEBR published the Florida Statistical Abstract each year from 1967 to 2011. This award-winning research volume of statistical data about Florida is the leading source of data on Florida and its cities and counties, providing information on population, …
Collaboration metrics from the UF network data, and their evolution
We used publicly available data on UF publications and grants to extract networks of collaborations among UF researchers in 2008-2012. This allowed us to define network metrics on collaboration, which can be used to evaluate and monitor the activity of specific research institutes. As an example, we apply some of these collaboration metrics to the …
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Designing a network intervention on the UF scientific network
Social Network Analysis is not just about describing and explaining networks, it is also about using networks for specific interventions with specific goals. Network interventions have traditionally been designed and tested in the health sciences to block contagions or spread healthy practices, and in management and business administration to improve the economic performance of organizations. …
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A social network analysis of scientific collaborations at the University of Florida
Social Network Analysis (SNA) is a methodology and a theoretical perspective that studies patterns of relations among actors. When applied to the network of scientific collaborations at a university, SNA can provide many insights on the structure and the evolution of its scientific community. Part I: Defining And Constructing The Social Network Of Scientific Collaborations …
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Creative Solutions To Elusive Data: Web-Scraping Online Police Reports To Map Co-Offending Networks In US Cities
One truth new researchers quickly discover is that data collection is costly. In the social sciences, researchers expend copious amounts of time and grant money observing people, interviewing them, or gathering records about their characteristics and behaviors. Publication Date: Wednesday, May 30, 2018 Smith, Thomas Bryan Vacca, Raffaele The more bountiful the fruits of our …