Alice G. Walton
@alicewalton.bsky.social
Heath, science, psychology writer
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UC San Diego’s Katherine Meckel and Chicago Booth’s @btshapir.bsky.social find that depression could have a meaningful effect on marketing studies that rely on surveys. www.chicagobooth.edu/review/could... #econsky
Could Depression Influence Grocery Choices?
Data from 112,000 households provide some clues.
www.chicagobooth.edu
March 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM
UC San Diego’s Katherine Meckel and Chicago Booth’s @btshapir.bsky.social find that depression could have a meaningful effect on marketing studies that rely on surveys. www.chicagobooth.edu/review/could... #econsky
Fascinating set of charts showing how things have changed since 2020:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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30 Charts That Show How Covid Changed Everything in March 2020
It can be easy to forget, or look away from, the pain and disruption of the pandemic. The numbers will be there to remind us.
www.nytimes.com
March 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Fascinating set of charts showing how things have changed since 2020:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Enjoyed covering this study on religious behavior. But it’s not really about religion: it’s about how cell phone data can be used to understand behavior, confirming—or countering—what people say in surveys.
www.chicagobooth.edu/review/many-...
www.chicagobooth.edu/review/many-...
Many Americans Skip Church (but Say They Go)
Cell-phone data provide new insights on religious attendance.
www.chicagobooth.edu
March 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Enjoyed covering this study on religious behavior. But it’s not really about religion: it’s about how cell phone data can be used to understand behavior, confirming—or countering—what people say in surveys.
www.chicagobooth.edu/review/many-...
www.chicagobooth.edu/review/many-...
Enjoyed covering this recent study about which time estimates annoy people more and less:
Late deliveries annoy customers ... but don’t have to. Research via Booth's @beidiwho.bsky.social & Berkeley Dietvorst & UC Berkeley's Celia Gaertig. #econsky #BehSciSky www.chicagobooth.edu/review/late-...
Late Deliveries Annoy Customers . . . but Don’t Have To
Consumers prefer a time frame to an exact ETA—as long as it isn’t too big a range.
www.chicagobooth.edu
February 27, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Enjoyed covering this recent study about which time estimates annoy people more and less:
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"Every night before I go to sleep, I write in a journal to my 12-year-old son, Tommy, and continue a conversation we started on April 13, 2018, just three days before he unexpectedly passed away," Nikki Mark writes in Modern Love.
My Son Is Gone. Our Conversation Goes On.
Three days before my child unexpectedly died, he primed me to keep living.
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December 7, 2024 at 6:12 AM
"Every night before I go to sleep, I write in a journal to my 12-year-old son, Tommy, and continue a conversation we started on April 13, 2018, just three days before he unexpectedly passed away," Nikki Mark writes in Modern Love.