The theory of social games: outline of a general theory for the social sciences [PDF]
Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2023 Sociological general theories (or “grand theories”) have been criticized for being too abstract to be of any practical use for empirical sociological work.
Jörg Stolz
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Energy research and social sciences: thinking outside the box [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2021 This paper aims at explaining the universality and broadness of the research in energy studies. Specifically, it wants to show that the energy research is not a solely engineering or natural sciences field and how it can be done in social sciences.
Strielkowski Wadim
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Is there gender bias in research grant success in social sciences?: Hong Kong as a case study [PDF]
, 2020 Despite growing attention to gender disparities in higher education, women in academia still receive less research funding and recognition. Previous research on this gender gap has focused on biomedical, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics ...
Au, Terry Kit Fong +3 more
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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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Journal of Research in Social Sciences and Language, 2021 It can be said that there are two different factors that determine social behavior. One of them is motor movements, that is, hand and mimic movements, while the other one is language.
Seyat Polat
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The Information of Public Sciences: Definitions
Knygotyra, 1988 Many different conceptions are noticed in defining information: mathematical, cybernetic, philosophical, philological, and bibliographical directions.
Žiedonė Zaveckienė
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How Brazilian social scientists responded to the pandemic [PDF]
Horizontes Antropológicos, 2021 In this article, we propose a critical and situational assessment of Brazilian social scientists’ production on the COVID pandemic. We take stock of production within the context of the pandemic, yet also go further to sketch out some of the general ...
Rodrigo Toniol, Miriam Grossi
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The general social survey-national death index: an innovative new dataset for the social sciences
BMC Research Notes, 2011 Background Social epidemiology seeks in part to understand how social factors--ideas, beliefs, attitudes, actions, and social connections--influence health.
Smith Tom W +4 more
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THEORY OF FAMILY EDUCATION IN THE GENERAL THEORETICAL CONTEXT OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
RUDN journal of Sociology, 2018 The article considers the challenges for the development of the theory of family education as one of the youngest and most promising branches of the contemporary science.
I F Dementieva, Z T Golenkova
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An introduction to the methods of inquiry in social sciences [PDF]
, 2018 . The purpose of this paper is an introduction to methods for conducting inquiries in social sciences. A method of inquiry is an organized and systematic scientific approaches used by scholars for controlled investigations and experiments to efficiently ...
COCCIA, Mario;
CNR -- National Research Council of Italy &Arizona State University
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