Social science
One of the branches of science, devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among individuals within those societies.
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Psychology
Scientific study of mind and behavior.
It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries between the natural and social sciences.
History of science
The history of science covers the development of science from ancient times to the present.
It encompasses all three major branches of science: natural, social, and formal.
Quantitative research
Research strategy that focuses on quantifying the collection and analysis of data.
Associated with the natural, applied, formal, and social sciences this research strategy promotes the objective empirical investigation of observable phenomena to test and understand relationships.
Social research
Social research is a research conducted by social scientists following a systematic plan.
Science
Systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe.
Modern science is typically divided into three major branches: natural sciences (e.g., biology, chemistry, and physics), which study the physical world; the social sciences (e.g., economics, psychology, and sociology), which study individuals and societies; and the formal sciences (e.g., logic, mathematics, and theoretical computer science), which study formal systems, governed by axioms and rules.
Experiment
Procedure carried out to support or refute a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy or likelihood of something previously untried.
Uses of experiments vary considerably between the natural and human sciences.
Empiricism
Theory that states that knowledge comes only or primarily from sensory experience.
Both natural and social sciences use working hypotheses that are testable by observation and experiment.
Émile Durkheim
French sociologist.
He formally established the academic discipline of sociology and is commonly cited as one of the principal architects of modern social science, along with both Karl Marx and Max Weber.
Methodology
Study of research methods, or, more formally, "'a contextual framework for research, a coherent and logical scheme based on views, beliefs, and values, that guides the choices researchers [or other users] make".
The social sciences derive their study of methods from a broader continuum of methodologies (e.g. qualitative research) than the natural sciences do.
Sociology
Sociology is a social science that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life.