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Alan Reifman

Affiliation: Texas Tech University

Dr. Alan Reifman (PhD, 1989, University of Michigan) is a Professor of Human Development and Family Studies at Texas Tech University. Among his other courses, he teaches introductory and advanced statistics for the graduate students in his department.

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Alan Reifman's Latest Articles | 23

Breaking Down Nov-Dec Decline in Support for Health Care Reform

Dec 13, 2009| 

As many observers have noted, support in public opinion polls for the overall health care reform bills before Congress has slipped several percentage points from... Read »

Opposition to Health Care Reform from the Left

Nov 18, 2009| 

As shown in this Pollster.com graphic, public support for President Obama and the Democrats’ health care reform plans has consistently been around 45% (plus... Read »

How Closely Have People Been Following the Debate?

Oct 26, 2009| 

The Kaiser Family Foundation survey has been asking a question this year that attempts to gauge how closely people have been following the debate over health care... Read »

Sen. Landrieu, the Public Option, and Free Lunches

Oct 17, 2009| 

Sen. Mary Landrieu, a relatively conservative Democratic U.S. senator from Louisiana, apparently is not on board for direct implementation of a public option, but... Read »

Support for Reform May Be Rising, Following Mid-September Swoon

Oct 8, 2009| 

Over at Pollster.com, Brendan Nyhan has reviewed trends in support for health care reform in the weeks following President Obama’s speech to Congress. Nyhan... Read »

Health Care Polls: Washington Post Revisits Its Own Data

Sep 30, 2009| 

In the aftermath of yesterday’s two main votes in the U.S. Senate Finance Committee against including various types of public opinion in the reform bill working... Read »

Kaiser Foundation’s September Poll

Sep 29, 2009| 

The Kaiser Family Foundation is out with its September poll, which I think is interesting to look at for a few reasons. First, Kaiser has been polling every month... Read »

Poll of (D-Leaning) Swing Districts

Sep 26, 2009| 1

A new survey of 1,200 respondents total “in ninety-one swing [congressional] districts (Blue Dog, Frontline, and Rural Caucus House districts),” taken... Read »

U.S. Regional Differences in Health Care Reform Attitudes

Sep 23, 2009| 

The political fortunes of the Republican party have been heading south in recent years, both literally and figuratively. A Daily Kos/Research 2000 national poll... Read »

Polling Numbers: One Week Post Obama Speech

Sep 18, 2009| 

Observers of political survey research are no doubt familiar with the concept of a “bounce,” the lift in polling numbers a presidential nominee tends... Read »

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