• Social science (often rendered in the plural as the social sciences) is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of societies and the relationships...
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    harm to the trustor if the trustee does not behave as desired. In the social sciences, the subtleties of trust are a subject of ongoing research. In sociology...
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  • (1877). Principles of social science. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co. Carey, H. C. & McLean, K. (1864). Manual of social science; being a condensation...
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  • Computational social science is an interdisciplinary academic sub-field concerned with computational approaches to the social sciences. This means that...
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    research in the social sciences, humanities, life sciences, and health sciences, among others. It was formerly called Social Science Research Network...
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  • Modern science is typically divided into two – or three – major branches: the natural sciences, which study the physical world, and the social sciences, which...
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    Social science fiction or sociological science fiction is a subgenre of science fiction, usually (but not necessarily) soft science fiction, concerned...
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  • interested in social history. It is still active and publishes Social Science History quarterly. The field is also the specialty of the Journal of Social History...
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    summarize and rank specific observations. Much data in the field of social sciences and sustainability are represented in various indices such as Gender...
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  • Bachelor of Social Science (BSocSc or BSocSci) is an undergraduate degree. It typically requires three to four years of study in the social sciences at an institution...
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    positivism, although still popular, has declined under criticism within the social sciences by antipositivists and critical theorists, among others, for its alleged...
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  • universe). Natural science can be divided into two main branches: physical science and life science (or biology). Social sciences: the study of human...
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  • guide to social science: Social science – main branch of science comprising scientific fields concerned with societies, human behaviour, and social relationships...
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  • In the social sciences, triangulation refers to the application and combination of several research methods in the study of the same phenomenon. By combining...
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  • In the social sciences, framing comprises a set of concepts and theoretical perspectives on how individuals, groups, and societies organize, perceive...
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  • Social Science & Medicine is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering social science research that is relevant to health. The disciplines covered by...
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  • Philosophers of science also consider philosophical problems within particular sciences (such as biology, physics and social sciences such as economics...
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  • Social data science is an interdisciplinary field that addresses social science problems by applying or designing computational and digital methods. As...
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  • of Social Sciences (FAcSS) is an award granted by the Academy of Social Sciences to leading academics, policy-makers, and practitioners of the social sciences...
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    creation, development, and consequences of science and technology in their historical, cultural, and social contexts. Like most interdisciplinary fields...
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    describe the scientific study of society. Regarded as a part of both the social sciences and humanities, sociology uses various methods of empirical investigation...
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    Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (HASS) (or Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, AHSS), also known as social studies, is a broad term that groups...
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  • Quantum social science is an emerging field of interdisciplinary research which draws parallels between quantum physics and the social sciences. Although...
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  • A social norm is a shared standard of acceptable behavior by a group. Social norms can both be informal understandings that govern the behavior of members...
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    services, information systems, software engineering, law, and the social sciences. The university is organised into eight schools: School of Accountancy...
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  • The history of the social sciences has its origins in the common stock of Western philosophy and shares various precursors, but began most intentionally...
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  • Philosophy of social science examines how social science integrates with other related scientific disciplines, which implies a rigorous, systematic endeavor...
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  • social engineering was said to have been done by the state of Bihar, on a grand scale, to unify different castes after 2005. In his political science...
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  • In the social sciences, scaling is the process of measuring or ordering entities with respect to quantitative attributes or traits. For example, a scaling...
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    necessity. Social theory in an informal nature, or authorship based outside of academic social and political science, may be referred to as "social criticism"...
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