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0 pointstovej2mo ago0 comments

Social sciences definitely are.

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No.

It's social studies, not science.

tovejOP2mo ago

Social studies is a school subject, that's irrelevant.

You really think sociology is not a science then? Sociologists do way more rigorous statistics than physicists do. They have to, because physical sciences deal with deterministic objects, while social sciences deal with nondeterministic subjects.

modo_mario2mo ago

>Sociologists do way more rigorous statistics than physicists do.

Whilst I agree that can be a science the amount of contradicting bs, ideologically driven stuff i've seen come out of one such department and their replication crisis kind of undercut their credibility on that front for me.

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SanjayMehta2mo ago

Social Studies practitioners' surveys, for which they use statistics, depend heavily on the wording of the questionnaire.

https://youtu.be/ahgjEjJkZks

It's not a science.

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