Problems with social sciences

2012-12-21T12:23:26+00:00

So are the social sciences more prone to misconduct and fraud than biomedicine and other fields? A recent study titled " Scientific Misconduct and the Myth of Self-Correction in Science" found no such evidence.

This made me laugh. Because of course a sociological study is not going to find a higher incidence of fudging and fraud in the social sciences.

5th_Law_of_Robotics · 2012-12-21T15:14:59+00:00

Social sciences aren't sciences.

I don't disdain them for that. It's not their fault that they're measuring something that can't easily be studied, quantified, controlled, etc.

And it's often a worthwhile endeavor.

But it isn't science.

Aaod · 2012-12-21T22:58:48+00:00

Doesn't really surprise me due to the entire publish or perish nature of the modern University. The main thing is in my opinion the fact it is easier to fudge results in a non pure science study. When even at the best of times it is shaky due to the fact we have little real way of measuring it, well it is kind of expected. I say this as someone who is interested in the social sciences.

Title	Problems with social sciences
Author	C0CKPUNCHER
Upvotes	13
Comments	13
Date	December 21, 2012 9:49 AM UTC (13 years ago)
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