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Sarah Binns2023/03/221 min read

## Haberdash-of-Patriotism

Last year, the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research at Cornell University (the full acronym is longer than this article) selected Gradient, along with fellow research ...

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Sarah Binns2023/01/191 min read

## Well, U.S. News and World Report Best Colleges, You Had a Good Run

Pop quiz: What’s the biggest problem with the American K-12 education system? If you answered “All of the above,” go to the head of the class and take another standardized test ...

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Kyle Block2022/11/16< 1 min read

## TrendSegments: Tales from the Trunk

While most of the world was anxiously awaiting a possible death sentence for American democracy last week, we must confess: We were not. Our attention was focused on coming up ...

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Brendon Ellis2022/09/211 min read

## America’s Confessional Booth

Together with Populace, a non-partisan think tank dedicated to building a world where all people have the chance to live fulfilling lives in a thriving society, we developed a ...

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Thomas Vladeck2022/09/08< 1 min read

## A Compass to Navigate Business Uncertainty

Around the world, business uncertainty is up. With emerging markets in uncertain times, getting clarity is vital. Gradient’s founder, Tom Vladeck, recently partnered with renowned ...

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Thomas Vladeck2020/07/02< 1 min read

## Negatively Positive

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Thomas Vladeck2020/04/10< 1 min read

## Fox News Hoax

In the previous edition we featured a story on partisan differences in the perceived severity of the COVID-19 outbreak. Using the same dataset, we find that the division is not ...

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Thomas Vladeck2020/03/261 min read

## Since We’re Texting All the Time Anyway...

As the gravity of the COVID-19 pandemic became clear (to most of us, at least), Gradient partnered with Survey160 to field a rapid survey using text messages from March 13th – ...

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