The Uses and Misuses of Data and Models: The Mathematization of the Human Sciences

Undeniably, the amount of "information" in our culture has increased by leaps and bounds. At the same time, discussion of values, norms and purpose is often missing from the discourse of social research - especially by those who work within the positivist framework. The authors of this book develop principles to guide the use of data and models in the human sciences. Writing as scholars who are at home with empirical and mathematical social science, yet taking seriously the critiques of this heritage, they propose ways of developing norms without becoming subjective.

Politics & Social Sciences

Bradley, W. James

Schaefer, Kurt

Social Sciences

Sage Publications, Inc.

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The Uses and Misuses of Data and Models: The Mathematization of the Human Sciences

The Uses and Misuses of Data and Models: The Mathematization of the Human Sciences