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BYU study: Is an elite university worth the price tag?

Jon McBride
By Jon McBride
January 30, 2016
While going to an elite, selective university may mean higher potential earnings for some majors, BYU researchers found that for the majority, there is little difference.

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Intellect

Study: Eat school lunch after recess

January 12, 2015
Because of a federal rule, kids throw away millions of dollars of fruits and vegetables every single day at school.

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Character

Cougar Queries: "ECON 110 is fascinating"

November 04, 2014
Cougar Queries is a series profiling BYU employees by asking them a few simple questions about their work, interests and life. Today we meet Eric Eide, Professor and Department Chair of Economics.

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Intellect

“Moral victories” might spare you from losing again

July 20, 2014
New research finds a strong tendency among coaches to overreact to close losses - and those hasty adjustments backfire in the long run. 

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Intellect

Red card! Even the best refs play favorites

Joe Hadfield
By Joe Hadfield
June 10, 2014
Along with Neymar, Ronaldo and Messi, the world’s best soccer referees are heading to Brazil for the World Cup. But according to an analysis of 2,500 soccer matches, it appears the whistles of even the best officials are biased.

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Intellect

Graduating economics student thinking twice about the second pair

April 22, 2013
When both Harvard and the University of Chicago law schools admitted Brooke Smith, she had to decide which one was the best fit.

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Intellect

Girls perform as well as boys in math competitions, study shows

February 24, 2013
The idea that boys are better at math and in competitions has persisted for a long time, and now we know why: Nobody bothered to schedule the rematch.

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Intellect

"I knew it!" Hindsight more likely to affect men

September 05, 2012
They say hindsight is 20/20, but apparently that’s not always the case.

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Intellect

Dad’s brain means more than his money

August 27, 2012
Sons of fathers with high incomes tend to end up with higher than average incomes themselves, but new research shows that it’s not just dad’s money that helps a son on his way.

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Intellect

March Madness brings students in September

August 21, 2012
Whether you call it the Flutie Effect or the Jimmer Bump, a banner year in NCAA men’s basketball or football is followed by a flood of prospective students.

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Intellect

High school students test best with seven hours of rest

February 08, 2012
A new Brigham Young University study found that 16-18 year olds perform better academically when they shave about two hours off what current guidelines prescribe.

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Intellect

Study: NBA referees’ whistles not entirely colorblind

November 30, 2010
Though they’ve risen to the top of their profession and work in front of huge audiences, NBA referees aren’t immune to unintentional racial bias when it comes to calling fouls, according to a new study.

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Intellect

Study answers how much last year’s teacher affects this year’s test scores

November 14, 2010
The impact a specific schoolteacher has on students’ math and reading scores – whether bad or good – fades quite fast, according to a new study by researchers at Brigham Young University and the University of Michigan.

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Intellect

Students examine movie ratings and the box office

October 14, 2010
A generation ago PG films like Ghostbusters, Back to the Future and Top Gun dominated at the box office, but more than half of what Hollywood serves up these days is rated R.

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Intellect

Non-BCS players more productive than BCS players in the NFL, draft analysis shows

April 15, 2010
With the NFL draft upon us, a new analysis by a BYU student shows that the BCS label blinds NFL executives from drafting the best players available.

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Intellect

Doctors cut back hours when risk of malpractice suit rises, study shows

January 27, 2010
A new study shows that the number of hours physicians spend on the job each week is influenced by the fear of malpractice lawsuits.

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Intellect

Study: Bankruptcy Rates Reflect Policy, Not People

June 21, 2009
What do high bankruptcy rates in states like Tennessee and Utah tell us about the people that live in those places? Not much, according to a new 50-state bankruptcy study published in the Journal of Law and Economics.

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Intellect

Birth order study: It's about time

February 10, 2008
New research from Brigham Young University shows that first-born children get about 3,000 more hours of quality time with their parents between ages 4 and 13 than the next sibling gets when they pass through the same age range.

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