What is scientific about social science? The complexity of measuring human behavior
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 entiti...
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| Language: | Catalan |
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Universitat de València
2015-04-01
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| Series: | Mètode Science Studies Journal: Annual Review |
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| Online Access: | https://turia.uv.es/index.php/Metode/article/view/3923 |
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| Summary: | 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 «scientific» or is it not?
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| ISSN: | 2174-3487 2174-9221 |