Predicting Police Misconduct

The events that news outlets select for coverage can be largely explained with a statistic that captures how unexpected they are, suggesting that reporting may be less biased than it appears.

Seventy-three percent of Americans enter a place of worship at least once a year and 5% attend weekly, with large variation in attendance across religious groups. Frequent attenders are less likely to go to strip clubs, liquor stores, and casinos.

Large shares of consumers use Instagram and TikTok out of a fear of missing out rather than genuine interest and, as a result, are worse off than if the platforms did not exist in the first place.