Nothing to fear? Anxiety, numeracy, and demographic perceptions

Studies have found that Americans tend to overestimate the size of minority populations, a pattern that potentially increases antipathy toward racial and ethnic outgroups due to heightened perceptions of intergroup competition. Recent research, however, suggests that providing people with accurate i...

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Main Authors: Yamil Ricardo Velez, Gabriel Borelli, Taeo Carse, Zhuo Chen, Anna Pezanoski-Cohen, Peter Dunphy, Giovanni Hutchinson, Taryn Johnson, Samuel Prescott, Nila Ravi, Matt Wallock, Aimée Wilkerson, Grace Wong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2018-08-01
Series:Research & Politics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2053168018794583