The season eight premiere of ‘Game of Thrones' broke another record for HBO with over 17 million viewers the night of the premiere. This is a trend that has continued every season. This doesn't include numbers of viewers who have watched in on-demand since, or...
April 9th, 2019 We generally like to think of our team here at Decision Data as rational. But even as data scientists and people who love to play armchair behavioral economists, we simply cannot resist the appeal of a tax return. All the reasoning and logic in the...
Report findings: 70% of consumers regret switching ISPs 51% of consumers try to switch in order to save money A large percentage of people feel scammed after the promotional deal runs out Cities and regions with more available competition make for happier ISP...
Synopsis of our research: The United States federal government currently under-funds tax fraud investigations. State governments, on average, lose money investigating SNAP fraud. Summary of Findings There were nearly as many food stamp (SNAP) investigations as there...
Quick details: 53% of people believed false information presented to them on an anti-vaccination website. It took only five minutes of reading an anti-vaccination website for people to start believing a new misconception. Trust in existing authority, especially...
Religious or not, Lent can be a great time of year to give up a distraction and refocus on other things that might be more important in our lives. While popularized in religious circles, Lent is spreading into the secular world, as more people participate in the...
The Data in the News Series looks at current events through the lens of data. We look at interesting quantifiable trends, find new and sometimes spurious correlations, and analyze data-based claims made by politicians and public figures.
