The Pitfalls of a Tool-based Science and the Promise of a Problem-focused Science
Our present social sciences are at risk of losing sight of their primary purpose: the goal of reducing uncertainty. For years social scientists have drifted slowly toward the routine of employing of accepted methodological, conceptual, and analytical tools rather than engaging in problem oriented in...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Arizona Libraries
2011-05-01
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| Series: | Journal of Methods and Measurement in the Social Sciences |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.uair.arizona.edu/index.php/jmmss/article/view/99 |