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Today’s post is the third, and final, one in a series providing guidance to teachers on how to interpret education research. Cara Jackson currently serves as the president of the Association for ...

A new study in the United States finds that the more a state's budget relied on sales tax revenue, the more likely it was to shorten stay-at-home orders during the early stages of the COVID pandemic.

A diet rich in vegetables and fruit is associated with reduced psychological distress, a detailed analysis of health survey data from more than 45,000 Australians has found. Subscribe to our ...

Crime rates rise with ice cream consumption. Divorce rates rise as people use more margarine. These are classic examples of spurious correlations (Fletcher, 2014). Statistically, these variables move ...