Erin O'Mara's guest appearances

Erin O'Mara

Running Dialogue

Opinion Science

Brian Cain

Brad Brown

Chris Swanson

Noah Droddy

Jesse Anderson

Brenda Brown

Adrian Walker

Bobby Crim

Oaklin Mixon

Jeremy Goodman

Sheldon Neeley

Bill Thena

Dan Gretzner

Mike Torrey

Charlene Hammond

OwlTail

Erin O’Mara Kunz is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Dayton. We spend the whole episode on her new paper analyzing racial and gender biases in the voting decisions on the reality TV show, Survivor. We dig into how Survivor is a useful test case for understanding discrimination, what the data tell us, and what conclusions we can take away.Things that come up in this episode:In the intro, I mention that social scientists are no strangers to analyzing decisions in televised game shows. These include analyses of  bets placed on the show Jeopardy! (Metrick, 1995), choices on Deal or No Deal (Post et al., 2008), and bids on The Price is Right (e.g., Berk et al., 1996)Erin's new paper analyses trends over 40 seasons of Survivor (Kunz et al,. in press)For a transcript of this episode, visit this episode's page at: http://opinionsciencepodcast.com/episodes/Learn more about Opinion Science at http://opinionsciencepodcast.com/ and follow @OpinionSciPod on Twitter.

<a href="https://sites.google.com/udayton.edu/erinomarakunz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Erin O’Mara Kunz</a> is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Dayton. We spend the whole episode on her new paper analyzing racial and gender biases in the voting decisions on the reality TV show, Survivor. We dig into how Survivor is a useful test case for understanding discrimination, what the data tell us, and what conclusions we can take away. Things that come up in this episode:<ul><li>In the intro, I mention that social scientists are no strangers to analyzing decisions in televised game shows. These include analyses of  bets placed on the show Jeopardy! (Metrick, <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/2118006" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">1995</a>), choices on Deal or No Deal (Post et al., <a href="https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/aer.98.1.38" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2008</a>), and bids on The Price is Right (e.g., Berk et al., <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/2118313" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">1996</a>)</li><li>Erin's new paper analyses trends over 40 seasons of Survivor (Kunz et al,. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976231165665" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">in press</a>)</li></ul>For a transcript of this episode, visit this episode's page at: <a href="http://opinionsciencepodcast.com/episodes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://opinionsciencepodcast.com/episodes/</a> Learn more about Opinion Science at <a href="http://opinionsciencepodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://opinionsciencepodcast.com/</a> and follow <a href="https://twitter.com/OpinionSciPod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@OpinionSciPod</a> on Twitter.

#79: "Survivor" Bias with Erin O'Mara Kunz

Guest Erin O'Mara talks about her decorated running career (Olympic Marathon Trials qualifier and Beer Mile world record holder) and shares how she supports the area's running, walking, and cycling communities.

Guest Erin O'Mara talks about her decorated running career (Olympic Marathon Trials qualifier and Beer Mile world record holder) and shares how she supports the area's running, walking, and cycling communities.

Sharing the Passion with Erin O'Mara