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The theory of social games: outline of a general theory for the social sciences [PDF]
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 2023 AbstractSociological general theories (or “grand theories”) have been criticized for being too abstract to be of any practical use for empirical sociological work. This paper presents the outline of a general theory that claims to be better linked to empirical social research than previous theoretical attempts.
Jörg Stolz
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A Unified Psychology as Part of a General Social Science [PDF]
Qeios, 2023 Through the original and unique Algorithmic Thinking Theory, the Algorithmic reasoning, and the resultant Algorithmic Principles, the author finds out that running of a thinking system leads, rationally, to consequences of even all psychological phenomena, thus a theoretical wholeness is formed up, and integrated into the general social science ...
Bin Li
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Social-Science Research and the General Social Surveys [PDF]
Comparative Sociology, 2006 'Social-science research has been transformed over the last generation by the advent and expansion of the general social surveys (GSS). The GSS model of research has created a infrastructure for the social sciences designed to address the interests and research agenda of scholars and their students; cover a wide range of topics; utilize reliable, valid,
Smith, Tom W. +3 more
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Can Generative AI improve social science?
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2023 Generative AI that can produce realistic text, images, and other human-like outputs is currently transforming many different industries. Yet it is not yet known how such tools might influence social science research. I argue Generative AI has the potential to improve survey research, online experiments, automated content analyses, agent-based models ...
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Inverse Generative Social Science: Backward to the Future
Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, 2023 The agent-based model is the principal scientific instrument of generative social science. Typically, we design completed agents-fully endowed with rules and parameters-to grow macroscopic target patterns from the bottom up. Inverse generative science (iGSS) stands this approach on its head: Rather than handcrafting completed agents to grow a target ...
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Generalized Markovian Quantity Distribution Systems: Social Science Applications [PDF]
Sociological Science, 2020 We propose a model of Markovian quantity flows on connected networks that relaxes several properties of the standard compartmental Markov process. The motivation of our generalization are social science applications of the standard model that do not comport with its steady state predictions.
Friedkin, Noah, Proskurnikov, Anton
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Generative Adversarial Networks in Business and Social Science
Applied SciencesGenerative adversarial networks (GANs) have become a recent and rapidly developing research topic in machine learning. Since their inception in 2014, a significant number of variants have been proposed to address various topics across many fields, and they have particularly excelled not only in image and language processing but also in the medical and ...
África Ruiz-Gándara +1 more
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A Review of Participant-Generated Image Methods in the Social Sciences [PDF]
Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 2016 This article makes a systematic review of the use of participant-generated image methods in social science research. Such methods have a long history of application across the social sciences. Their development has, however, been uneven and fragmented, resulting in a lack of gestalt (wholeness or unity).
Nika Balomenou, Brian Garrod
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THE ROLE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES IN THE UPBRINGING OF A HARMONIOUSLY DEVELOPED GENERATION
CURRENT RESEARCH JOURNAL OF PEDAGOGICS, 2021 This article discusses the role and importance of the social sciences in strengthening the ideological immunity of young people against various spiritual threats in the context of globalization, in educating them spiritually.
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THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES IN THE UPBRINGING OF A HARMONIOUS GENERATION
, 2023 This article will provide information about the pedagogical approach to taking history lessons, the main tasks of raising a free-minded young generation in the 21st century. In critical and free fiction, the role of history lessons in the Social Sciences is highlighted.
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