WHAT IS SCIENTIFIC ABOUT SOCIAL SCIENCE? THE COMPLEXITY OF MEASURING HUMAN BEHAVIOR
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| author | Susanna Priest |
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| contents | WHAT IS SCIENTIFIC ABOUT SOCIAL SCIENCE? THE COMPLEXITY OF MEASURING HUMAN BEHAVIOR Susanna Priest Comunicación humanities Social science scientific method participant observation The social and behavioral sciences share many characteristics with the «hard» or «natural» sciences, including a commitment to the systematic analysis of empirical data, whether quantitative or qualitative. Yet the subject matter of social science is sometimes elusive, involving many abstract entities like values and cultures, and its methods do not always involve measurement or experimentation. Is social science «scientifi c» or is it not? 2015 artículo científico 2174-3487 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=511751360028 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=5117 Mètode Science Studies Journal application/pdf Universitat de València Mètode Science Studies Journal (España) Num.5 |
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| publishDate | 2015 |
| publisher | Universitat de València |
| spellingShingle | WHAT IS SCIENTIFIC ABOUT SOCIAL SCIENCE? THE COMPLEXITY OF MEASURING HUMAN BEHAVIOR Susanna Priest Comunicación humanities Social science scientific method participant observation WHAT IS SCIENTIFIC ABOUT SOCIAL SCIENCE? THE COMPLEXITY OF MEASURING HUMAN BEHAVIOR Susanna Priest Comunicación humanities Social science scientific method participant observation The social and behavioral sciences share many characteristics with the «hard» or «natural» sciences, including a commitment to the systematic analysis of empirical data, whether quantitative or qualitative. Yet the subject matter of social science is sometimes elusive, involving many abstract entities like values and cultures, and its methods do not always involve measurement or experimentation. Is social science «scientifi c» or is it not? 2015 artículo científico 2174-3487 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=511751360028 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=5117 Mètode Science Studies Journal application/pdf Universitat de València Mètode Science Studies Journal (España) Num.5 |
| title | WHAT IS SCIENTIFIC ABOUT SOCIAL SCIENCE? THE COMPLEXITY OF MEASURING HUMAN BEHAVIOR |
| topic | Comunicación humanities Social science scientific method participant observation |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=511751360028 |