Some frontiers in social science

被引：45

作者：

Butz, William P. ^{[1
]}

Torrey, Barbara Boyle ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Populat Reference Bur, Washington, DC 20009 USA

来源：

SCIENCE | 2006年 / 312卷 / 5782期

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D O I：

10.1126/science.1130121

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

The fundamental challenge in the social sciences is moving from complicated correlations to useful prediction. Progress usually reflects an interplay between theory, data, and toots. Six areas of innovation, principally data and tools, are now pushing at the frontiers of these sciences: longitudinal data, laboratory experimentation, improved statistical methods, geographic information tools, biosocial science, and international replication. These innovations are gaining power as they cross disciplinary boundaries, helping to attribute causality to observed relationships, to understand their nature, and thereby to improve the accuracy and usefulness of predictions.

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页码：1898 / 1900

页数：3

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