Jacob C Day
Biographic Data
| ID | 3983806 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jacob C Day |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jacob C |
| FAMILY NAME | Day |
| SIGNATURE | DAY J C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Carolina Wilmington |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8661-3566 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 62 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Money in the bank
Criminology struggles to achieve progressive problem shifts, or cumulative theoretical development common in fields like physics and biology. This stems from a precision crisis characterized by a tendency to accept imprecise descriptions, vague theoretical predictions, and analytical practices that obscure data. Drawing on Meehl's framework for assessing scientific progress in psychology, we argue criminological knowledge risks resembling "Monopo…
Do Employers 'Walk the Talk' After All? An Illustration of Methods for Assessing Signals in Underpowered Designs
This article presents two alternative methods to null hypothesis significance testing (NHST) for improving inferences from underpowered research designs. Post hoc design analysis (PHDA) assesses whether an NHST analysis generating null findings might otherwise have had sufficient power to detect effects of plausible magnitudes. Bayesian analysis with default priors offers advantages over NHST for assessing null findings and detecting signals in u…
Climbing the ladder or getting stuck
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This study investigates the effects of job-level, task-based, segregation on racial differences in promotions to executive positions within the college football coaching profession. Using event-history methods to analyze the careers of 323 college football coaches, the results suggest that, relative to White coaches, Black coaches' career prospects are harmed by their disproportionate placement into jobs that inhibit mobility (i.e., noncentral po…
Race, Gender, and the Invisible Hand of Social Capital
To better understand persistent race and gender inequality in the labor market, this article discusses the informal processes by which social connections provide individuals with access to information, influence, and status that help to further people’s careers. Because social networks are segregated by race and gender, access to these social capital resources tends to be greater for white men than for minorities and women. To illustrate this poi…
Not So Fast, My Friend
To better understand persistent racial inequality in occupational mobility, we examine the influence of race and social capital on the promotions of 320 assistant college football coaches. The results from quantitative analyses demonstrate that social capital matters a great deal for promotions, but its impact is contingent on the race of the respondent. Specifically, network connections to heterogeneous contacts (racially heterophilous ties, wea…
Race, Gender, and the Invisible Hand of Social Capital
To better understand persistent race and gender inequality in the labor market, this article discusses the informal processes by which social connections provide individuals with access to information, influence, and status that help to further people’s careers. Because social networks are segregated by race and gender, access to these social capital resources tends to be greater for white men than for minorities and women. To illustrate this poi…
Not So Fast, My Friend
To better understand persistent racial inequality in occupational mobility, we examine the influence of race and social capital on the promotions of 320 assistant college football coaches. The results from quantitative analyses demonstrate that social capital matters a great deal for promotions, but its impact is contingent on the race of the respondent. Specifically, network connections to heterogeneous contacts (racially heterophilous ties, wea…
Transitions to the Top
This study investigates the effects of job-level, task-based, segregation on racial differences in promotions to executive positions within the college football coaching profession. Using event-history methods to analyze the careers of 323 college football coaches, the results suggest that, relative to White coaches, Black coaches' career prospects are harmed by their disproportionate placement into jobs that inhibit mobility (i.e., noncentral po…
Climbing the ladder or getting stuck
Race, Gender, and the Invisible Hand of Social Capital
To better understand persistent race and gender inequality in the labor market, this article discusses the informal processes by which social connections provide individuals with access to information, influence, and status that help to further people’s careers. Because social networks are segregated by race and gender, access to these social capital resources tends to be greater for white men than for minorities and women. To illustrate this poi…
Not So Fast, My Friend
To better understand persistent racial inequality in occupational mobility, we examine the influence of race and social capital on the promotions of 320 assistant college football coaches. The results from quantitative analyses demonstrate that social capital matters a great deal for promotions, but its impact is contingent on the race of the respondent. Specifically, network connections to heterogeneous contacts (racially heterophilous ties, wea…
Transitions to the Top
This study investigates the effects of job-level, task-based, segregation on racial differences in promotions to executive positions within the college football coaching profession. Using event-history methods to analyze the careers of 323 college football coaches, the results suggest that, relative to White coaches, Black coaches' career prospects are harmed by their disproportionate placement into jobs that inhibit mobility (i.e., noncentral po…
Climbing the ladder or getting stuck
Do Employers 'Walk the Talk' After All? An Illustration of Methods for Assessing Signals in Underpowered Designs
This article presents two alternative methods to null hypothesis significance testing (NHST) for improving inferences from underpowered research designs. Post hoc design analysis (PHDA) assesses whether an NHST analysis generating null findings might otherwise have had sufficient power to detect effects of plausible magnitudes. Bayesian analysis with default priors offers advantages over NHST for assessing null findings and detecting signals in u…
Money in the bank
Criminology struggles to achieve progressive problem shifts, or cumulative theoretical development common in fields like physics and biology. This stems from a precision crisis characterized by a tendency to accept imprecise descriptions, vague theoretical predictions, and analytical practices that obscure data. Drawing on Meehl's framework for assessing scientific progress in psychology, we argue criminological knowledge risks resembling "Monopo…
Psychology (5 works) · Demographic economics (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · College football (3 works) · Football (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Inequality (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works)