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Causality and Statistical Learning [PDF]
arXiv, 2010 We review some approaches and philosophies of causal inference coming from sociology, economics, computer science, cognitive science, and ...
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Software and Sociology in UK Astronomy [PDF]
, 2001 I discuss the remit of Starlink's software strategy groups and a particular item on the agenda of a meeting of the image processing software strategy group held on 26th January 2001: `Why don't people use Starlink software?'. The answer to this question was speculated to be primarily a sociological effect: those people supervising UK astronomy Ph.D ...
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Racial Profiling as Collective Definition
Social Inclusion, 2014 Economists and other interested academics have committed significant time and effort to developing a set of circumstances under which an intelligent and circumspect form of racial profiling can serve as an effective tool in crime finding–the specific ...
Trevor G. Gardner
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Philanthropy and Indigenous Initiatives: Insights From Australian Donors
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper draws on a survey and interview data, collected from a group of 180 donors who made monetary gifts to an Australian higher education institution, to better understand what drives individuals and organisations to donate to Indigenous initiatives.
Celina McEwen +4 more
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Ferromagnetic fluid as a model of social impact [PDF]
, 2006 The paper proposes a new model of spin dynamics which can be treated as a model of sociological coupling between individuals. Our approach takes into account two different human features: gregariousness and individuality. We will show how they affect a psychological distance between individuals and how the distance changes the opinion formation in a ...
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Brazilian Sociology: contemporary epistemological-theoretical and institutional trends
Sociologias, 2006 In the first moment, the article revises themes pertaining to the themes of Sociology of Knowledge and Sociology of Science, both relevant for the study of Sociology of Sociology.
Enno Dagoberto Liedke Filho +1 more
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Making sense, discovering what works…
Journal of Comparative Social Work, 2016 This paper addresses the enabling and constraining factors that underpin inter-organizational collaboration in Child Welfare and Protection services in Norway and Quebec.
Oscar E. Firbank +2 more
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The interface between Australia's aged care and disability systems has come into sharper focus with the 2023 Review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme recommendation to retain the upper age limit for entry and the introduction of an age criterion for assessment in the Aged Care Act 2024. Both are set at age 65.
Anna L. Howe
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European Mathematical Society Newsletter, No. 118 (2020), 59--60, 2020 Epistemological and sociological questions about ownership of mathematical and scientific discoveries.
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Young people who transition to adulthood while transitioning from out‐of‐home care, like their peers not in care may face several challenges in early adulthood. These include, high housing costs, fixed (often low) incomes, limited access to jobs and further education, developing and consolidating personal relationships and pressures from ...
Madonna Boman
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