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Basic epistemology of biographical research: a review based on the extraordinary life history of a young offender

open access: yesRevista Latinoamericana de MetodologĂ­a de las Ciencias Sociales, 2021
This article analyses the basic epistemology of biographical research methodology. This analysis is grounded on the life history of a Moroccan boy who entered Spain illegally, but after being processed by the juvenile justice system, became a social ...
David Herrera Pastor, Nick Frost
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Bluetooth-sensed social presence is associated with immediate vigor and delayed fatigue: A multi-method time series analysis

open access: yesiScience
Summary: Social interactions affect emotional well-being, yet their temporal dynamics remain understudied in natural settings. We examined these patterns through an experience sampling method study with 80 participants over two weeks (k = 3,716 ...
David Willinger, Stefan Stieger
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Performance of active learning models for screening prioritization in systematic reviews: a simulation study into the Average Time to Discover relevant records

open access: yesSystematic Reviews, 2023
Background Conducting a systematic review demands a significant amount of effort in screening titles and abstracts. To accelerate this process, various tools that utilize active learning have been proposed. These tools allow the reviewer to interact with
Gerbrich Ferdinands   +7 more
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Principles of Methodology: Research Design in Social Science

open access: yesJournal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation, 2012
A review of the book Principles of Methodology: Research Design in Social Science by Perri 6 and Christine Bellamy, published in 2012 by SAGE.
Perri 6, Christine Bellamy
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A 7,000-year-old multi-component arrow poison from Kruger Cave, South Africa

open access: yesiScience
Summary: We present the results of a GC-MS and UHPLC-MS analysis of residue recovered from the marrow cavity of a 7,000-year-old bovid femur from Kruger Cave, South Africa.
Justin Bradfield   +2 more
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A Model of Text for Experimentation in the Social Sciences

open access: yes, 2016
Statistical models of text have become increasingly popular in statistics and computer science as a method of exploring large document collections. Social scientists often want to move beyond exploration, to measurement and experimentation, and make ...
Margaret E. Roberts   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Beyond human-likeness: Socialness is more influential when attributing mental states to robots

open access: yesiScience
Summary: We sought to replicate and expand previous work showing that the more human-like a robot appears, the more willing people are to attribute mind-like capabilities and socially engage with it. Forty-two participants played games against a human, a
Laura E. Jastrzab   +4 more
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Poset sensitivity analysis reveals post 2020 changes in human development index components

open access: yesiScience
Summary: This study assesses the sensitivity of the Human Development Index (HDI) using partially ordered set (poset) analysis. Unlike conventional methods, such as correlation, dominance, or simulation-based techniques, poset analysis maintains the ...
Francesc Martori, Tadashi Hirai
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The use of statistics in social sciences

open access: yes, 2019
The purpose this paper is to review some of the statistical methods used in the field of social sciences.,A review of some of the statistical methodologies used in areas like survey methodology, official statistics, sociology, psychology, political ...
P. Maravelakis
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A methodology for systematic mapping in environmental sciences

open access: yesEnvironmental Evidence, 2016
Systematic mapping was developed in social sciences in response to a lack of empirical data when answering questions using systematic review methods, and a need for a method to describe the literature across a broad subject of interest.
K. James, N. Randall, Neal R Haddaway
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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