The Policy Lab

12/13/2021

A new podcast from The Policy Lab.

11/23/2021

The Policy Lab is proud to announce that we will be co-leading the Peer Learning Network in collaboration with The Council of State Governments and the National Conference of State Legislatures. The Peer Learning Network was started by The Pew Charitable Trusts to bring together state government leaders committed to the use of data in policy decisions.

Read the full announcement at https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2021/11/22/results-first-to-transfer-project-assets-to-other-organizations.

For the past decade, The Pew Charitable Trusts’ Results First initiative has helped state and local leaders throughout the country better understand and use evidence to inform their budgeting and policymaking processes. Results First has developed innovative tools and resources that have assisted ...

11/05/2021

The rate of new vaccinations has
slowed considerably, though the emergence
of the Delta variant and spikes in cases have
led to vaccination increases in some parts of
the country. Experts at the CDC estimate herd immunity will require 80% or more of the population to be fully vaccinated. However, based on public opinion polling, 14-24% of adults do not want to be vaccinated and another 11-19% of adults report wanting to “wait and see” or that they will only be vaccinated if required.

CSG partnered with The Policy Lab at Brown University to provide a full analysis on public opinion and .

11/01/2021

In the world of data science, reporting statistics in neatly formatted tables is a must, but Python and R, commonly used programming languages, do not support this function well. It can take hours to integrate these tables into a report and format them in Google Docs or Microsoft Word. Further, if any results change while drafting the report, data scientists will be forced to repeat this tedious process over and over again.

Enter ZenTables, a Python package available on GitHub created by The Policy Lab Data Scientist Paul Xu. Designed to relieve formatting challenges, ZenTables can format any pandas DataFrame into visually appealing, easily publishable table with a single line of code. Most importantly, you can transfer these tables into Google Docs and any other word processors with just one click.

Interested in learning more? Read Paul's Reflection on the creation of ZenTables at http://ow.ly/aHv350GCIpP

10/27/2021

CSG has partnered with The Policy Lab to determine public opinion surrounding the .

According to research, 79% of those with incomes greater than $90k per year have had at least one dose, compared to 68% or those making less than $40k per year.

In our findings, of those 18 to 39 who report being vaccinated or definitely intending to get vaccinated, 61.4% named their primary care provider as a trusted source of information.

This and more in our report: https://web.csg.org/recovery/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2021/10/Analysis-for-States-Public-Opinion-on-COVID-19-Vaccines.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1FcpO6kzkkdzCkVRRBxNyI4e1sRc1E6l7k0tHkki9WtIARQVwfcu2LHd0

10/25/2021

Despite more than 55% of the U.S. population being fully against , varying opinions have emerged across the country regarding President Joe Biden's mandate.

CSG, in partnership with The Policy Lab, has researched vaccination public opinion and what it could mean for states:https://web.csg.org/recovery/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2021/10/Analysis-for-States-Public-Opinion-on-COVID-19-Vaccines.pdf