Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World

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Internet and Technology

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    Charitable Donating Online

    The number of people who make charitable donations online has roughly doubled since 2002, but there’s plenty of room for growth.

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    A Local Issue with National Participation

    The Kansas State Board of Education has begun hearings on whether to change the way that biology is taught in public schools to include the teaching of intelligent design, a contrary theory to that of evolution and natural selection.

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    Revealing Research

    Demographic differences in Web site design — captured by a staple of Halloween parties and roller skating rinks.

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    National Trends, Local Insights

    This presentation combines national survey data with a special online survey of K-12 school system webmasters in the Washington, DC, region. Topics include: the internet’s impact on parents, students, K-12 education, and local government.

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    Picture This

    “Pictorial passwords” make logging in a bit like a personal concentration game.

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    Free internet data

    Going back to March 2000 and the dawn of the Pew Internet Project we have posted our survey data and some new data sets are now available.