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Social Dynamics of Science [PDF]
The birth and decline of disciplines are critical to science and society. However, no quantitative model to date allows us to validate competing theories of whether the emergence of scientific disciplines drives or follows the formation of social communities of scholars. Here we propose an agent-based model based on a \emph{social dynamics of science,}
Xiaoling Sun+5 more
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Social epigenetics: a science of social science? [PDF]
Epigenetics has considerable potential to transform social science by embedding mutually regulative reciprocal connections between biological and social processes within the human activities it studies. This paper highlights common epigenetic methods and outlines practical considerations in the design of ‘social epigenetics' research addressing the ...
Chung, Emma+3 more
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The teaching and learning process is not only limited to providing material, but also utilizing media that is suitable with the material to be taught. Learning media has a very important role, therefore the media in learning has a function as a tool in ...
Tutuk Ningsih, Gautam Kumar Jha
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Meta-analysis of studies about divorce in Iran [PDF]
Study of the issue of divorce and factors affecting this subject are of those issues that have drawn the intellectual community and especially sociologists’ attention into this field in recent decades.
ali asghar firozjaeian+3 more
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The Sociological Study of the Process of Professional Identity Formation in Doctoral Students of Social Sciences in Iran [PDF]
Professional identity refers to a process that answers the question "who am I" during One has been studying for years at university. The PhD is the latest stage in the development of this kind of identity that has a great bearing on the career path of ...
G. Jafari+2 more
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Pragmatic epistemology and the community of engaged actors [PDF]
In this paper I will explore the relation between engagement and social science. I will try to argue that positivist epistemology found in the early days of social sciences still greatly influences our understanding of social engagement.
Prodanović Srđan
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Sample size is one of the important considerations at the planning phase of a research proposal, but researchers are often faced with challenges of estimating valid sample size.
Oladimeji Akeem Bolarinwa
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