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January 2015

How Fast You’ll Abandon Your New Year’s Resolutions
2015 Will Be The True Test Of The Economic Recovery
Assessing Andrew Wiggins, 30 Games In
Every Time You Fly, You Trash The Planet — And There’s No Easy Fix
Some Airlines Pollute Much More Than Others
Would TCU Have Given Oregon A Better Game?
The NFL Should Let 14 Teams In The Playoffs Instead Of Just 12
Ctrl + ← Millennials’ Money, Motors And Mature Love
Only 44 Percent Of Americans Made New Year’s Resolutions
Significant Digits for Monday, Jan. 5, 2015
Lessons For Ferguson In Creating A Diverse Police Department
Huckabee Could Make It Easier For A More Moderate Republican To Win In 2016
How Much Did Having Ryan Lindley At QB Cost The Arizona Cardinals?
We’re Hiring A News Writer
Cellphones Do Not Give You Brain Cancer
Significant Digits for Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015
How The Web Is Predicting Baseball’s Hall Of Fame Voting
The Performance Art Of Voting Against Boehner
Bob Tewksbury Figured Out What Two Hall Of Fame Pitchers Couldn’t
Economists Are Finally Reconnecting With The Real World
Everything Steven Soderbergh Watched And Read In 2014
Chris Christie’s Chances Are Overrated
Significant Digits for Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015
13 NBA Teams Have Benches Better Than The Knicks
How Much Fuel We Need To Leave Buried To Beat Climate Change
Americans Aren’t Becoming More Politically Independent, They Just Like Saying They Are
The Worst Board Games Ever Invented
2016 Is Here
Downed AirAsia Flight Took Off From The Worst Major Country For Air Safety Oversight
Significant Digits for Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015
Skeptical Football: The Playoffs Are A Trial By Fire
Enough With All The ‘Back To The Future Part II’ Appraisals
Hard Cider Is Having A Moment
Significant Digits for Friday, Jan. 9, 2015
Conservatives In The House, Then Moderates In The Senate
2014 Was The Best Year For Jobs Since 1999
Obama’s Plan For Free Community College Could See Some Competition
Week 19 NFL Elo Ratings And Playoff Odds: Divisional Round Edition
Five Reasons Romney Is Thinking of Running
Ctrl + ← Procrastination, Construction Workers And Turning 30
Black And Hispanic Students Are Making Meaningful Gains, But It’s Hard To Tell
Significant Digits For Monday, Jan. 12, 2015
What The Betting Markets Think Of Ohio State QB Cardale Jones
The Most Clutch Postseason Quarterback Of All Time Is Eli Manning
Calif. Republican Primary Forecasts
Financial Aid, Race ‘Passing’ And Disability Delays
Do The Golden Globes Predict The Oscars?
This Algorithm Knows You Better Than Your Facebook Friends Do
Which Movies Make Grown Men Cry?
Romney And The GOP’s Five-Ring Circus
‘Keepsake’ Ultrasounds Aren’t Dangerous
Significant Digits For Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015
Yes, Some Companies Are Cutting Hours In Response To ‘Obamacare’
There Are More Jobs For Fewer Workers, So Why Aren’t Wages Rising?
Significant Digits For Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015
France Has A History Of Anti-Semitism And Islamophobia
Looking For Clues: Who Is Going To Run For President In 2016?
Ohio State’s Season Was A Crazy Outlier
Understanding Why We Take To The Streets
Peyton Manning Isn’t Finished
We’re Hiring A Managing Editor
Why The Rules Of The Road Aren’t Enough To Prevent People From Dying
Significant Digits For Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015
How Many Americans Have Never Shot A Gun?
Betting Markets (Mostly) Nailed The Oscar Nominations
Expand The College Football Playoff
The Dawn Wall Really Is The Hardest Climb In The World
Few New Parents Get Paid Time Off
Directing Is Even More Of A Boys’ Club Than You May Realize
The 10 Types Of NFL Quarterback
Significant Digits For Friday, Jan. 16, 2015
Cuba Is Hoping To Replace Venezuelan Oil With American Tourists
NFL Week 20 Elo Ratings And Playoff Odds: Conference Championships
Is Hollywood On A Dystopian Movie Binge?
What Canceling An Insurance Program Meant For Arizona’s Kids
The Rebound In Obama’s Approval Is Real
Skeptical Football: Good News And Bad News For The Colts
One Year From The Iowa Caucus: What We Know
Ctrl + ← Taxi Drivers’ Names, Sick Leave And A Female President
France Recorded 1,274 Attacks On Religious And Racial Minorities In 2013
Meet The 80 People Who Are As Rich As Half The World
Introducing NBA Power Ratings And Playoff Odds
Significant Digits For Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015
Computers Are Learning How To Treat Illnesses By Playing Poker And Atari
FiveThirtyEight Is Hiring Summer Interns
The Top 1 Percent Earns A Lot From Cashing In On Investments
The Chances That A State Of The Union Proposal Becomes Law
A Cheat Sheet For Obama’s 2015 State Of The Union Speech
Why The CDC And FDA Are Telling You Two Different Things About Flu Drugs
Significant Digits For Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015
Romney Has An Empathy Problem, But So Do Most Republicans
Broadband Internet, School Spending And Organ Donation
Deflate-gate Doesn’t Explain The Patriots’ Romping All Over The Colts
A Record 9,000 People Were Called For Jury Duty In The Aurora Theater Shooting Trial
Significant Digits For Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015
What’s The Average Age Difference In A Couple?
A Historical Look At The Immigration Of French Jews To Israel
Home Players Enjoy Luck Of The Draw At Australian Open
The Rise Of The New York Islanders
It’s Incredibly Common For The Justice Department To Do What It’s About To Do In Ferguson
Stop Playing Monopoly With Your Kids (And Play These Games Instead)
Significant Digits For Friday, Jan. 23, 2015
Ranking The States From Most To Least Corrupt
Tracking 125,000 Incidents Of Global Terrorism
The European Central Bank Just Made Your Gas Cheaper
Listen To Our Totally Subjective 2016 Presidential Odds
Partisanship Has Swallowed Up The Debate Over Climate Change
Planes, Trains And Taxis: When To Take Public Transit From The Airport
Federer Is No Longer Mr. Consistency After Australian Open Loss
LeBron And Kobe (Probably) Got A Lot More All-Star Votes Than They Deserved
How Many Guns The TSA Confiscated At Your Local Airport In 2014
How Women In Saudi Arabia Lived Under King Abdullah
Ctrl + ← Getting To Work, Erotica And Poop
The East Coast May Be About To Get One Of The Worst Blizzards It’s Ever Seen
Significant Digits For Monday, Jan. 26, 2015
Everybody Hates Chris Christie
National Republican Primary Polls
It’s Foolish To Define Austin By Its City Limits
Big Blizzards Have Become More Common In New York
Ashley Wagner Finally Skated Her Very Best
Inequality, Unemployment Benefits And Pollution
Here’s Why ‘Mortdecai’ And All Movies Are Terrible This Time Of Year
FiveThirtyEight Is Hiring A Summer Intern For Its Podcast
NBA Power Ratings And Playoff Odds: The Cavs Make A Move
Stop Calling This Blizzard ‘Juno’
70 Years Later, We’re Still Trying To Learn Who Died In The Holocaust
Significant Digits For Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015
Men, Those Tightie Whities Really Are Killing Your Sperm Count
People Working From Home In A Snowstorm May Be Producing More Than You Are
How Meteorologists Botched The Blizzard Of 2015
Significant Digits For Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015
Kickers Are Forever
Your Guide To Deflate-gate/Ballghazi-Related Statistical Analyses
The Queen Of Code
Obama’s Retreat On 529 College Savings Plans Is A Bad Omen For Tax Reform
Late 20s Are The New Early 20s For Tennis Breakthroughs
Martin Brodeur’s Legacy, By The Numbers
The Casting Of The ‘Ghostbusters’ Reboot Is A Brilliant Financial Move
What Washington State Can Teach Us About Gridlock In ‘The Other Washington’
Significant Digits For Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015
How Many Times Does The Average Person Move?
Want To Avoid The Squeeze On Super Bowl Tickets? Wait And Hope
What Sarah Palin And Chris Christie Have In Common
There’s A Gap Between What The Public Thinks And What Scientists Know
The Consequences Of No One Picking Up Their Dog’s Poop Are Horrifying
Jimmy Vaccaro Isn’t Excited About The Super Bowl
Significant Digits For Friday, Jan. 30, 2015
Lindsey Graham Would Be A Very Underwhelming Presidential Candidate
Q&A: Gillian Jacobs On Directing Her First Film And The Myth Of The Male Computer Geek
What Steven Hauschka Thinks About Being A ‘Clutch’ Kicker
Data Scientists Can Link Your Instagrams To Your Credit Card Purchases
The Patriots And Seahawks Are The Best. This Could Be The Worst Super Bowl Ever.
Who Will Run For President: Romney Is Out
LeBron May Know Best About When The New-Look Cavs Have Gelled