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By Rick Stouffer Residence: Robinson Age: 56 Family: Single Occupation: Compliance officer, Beaver County Behavioral Health Education: Master's degree in social work, University of Pittsburgh; bachelor's degree in history, sociology and political science, Wittenberg University Background: Previously worked in the state Department of Public Welfare's Office of Mental Health and Substance...
About 18 months ago, Intute: Social Sciences ran a podcast pilot of 12 episodes presenting some Social Science information news, new resources from Intute and interviews with the Social Science community. While checking through our web stats, I was pleasantly surprised to see that some of these episodes are still being regularly downloaded. Episode 9 featuring an [...]
(Interviews with Tilly on causal mechanisms, individualism and cognitive science, state formation and other issues in political science and sociology can be found at YouTube.) [H/t: Pablo Policzer.]
I just heard from Sayaka that Charles Tilly passed away. He was an amazing scholar whose work has had a powerful impact in the fields of sociology, political science, and my own field of history. I have learnt much from reading his work and attended several of his talks. I have always been impressed by [...]
I have an uncanny ability to offend those who I shouldn't be offending, with bad jokes. In a recent post I put in a Tom Lehrer video where he mocks sociology. Having had philosophy mocked by my friends and contacts over the years (you study what ? Your navel'), I guess I am a bit inured to such things. But I forgot that in this case there is a double whammy: philosophers have spent a lot of...
What? You hadn't heard about this? Right up front, I'm going to say I never studied economics and sociology. Went straight towards math and science. Man, do I regret that now, as I play "catch up". My friend Lev Raphael mentioned Walter Lippman earlier today and I'm convinced that he (Walter, not Lev) is spinning in his grave. If not, he should be. Yippee skippee; we're getting the President's...
The_kanzure writes "I'm going to start at a health center lab a few days after my high school graduation ceremony. The lab is an eclectic blend of brain* science, evolutionary sociology and molecular biology, essentially it's research/development and — best of all — the inquest is worth existence to me and my other pet projects. What I do know of science, tech and legwork* has...
Paul Krugman looks at the economics, sociology, and political science in Barack Obama's recent statements: Clinging to a Stereotype, by Paul Krugman, Commentary, NY Times: Will Barack Obama’s now famous “bitter” quote turn out to have been a big deal...
I thought fellow R&Sers might like this perspective on human nature from my sociology textbook... "Over time scientists gather knowledge within their particular scientific paradigm. Kuhn challenges the notion that scientific knowledge is cumulative; rather he argues that new discoveries that are that are not consistent with the existing paradigm cause a paradigm shift. He refers to these paradigm...
Benedikt at Viralmythen would like to know about my opinion on a table by the US National Science Foundation (NFS) which depicts how scientific people consider some academic disciplines to be. Is sociology a very scientific discipline or not so scientific at all in public view? Following this survey that Benedict came across here, sociology [...]
This is the third in the series of posts designed to provide the basics of the field of Chronobiology. This post is interesting due to its analysis of history and sociology of the discipline, as well as a look at the changing nature of science. You can check out the rest of Clock Tutorials here . Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post...
Stata (Statistics/Data Analysis) is a statistical program created in 1985 by Statacorp that is used by many businesses and academic institutions around the world. Most of its users work in research, especially in the fields of economics, sociology, political science, and epidemiology. Stata's full range of capabilities includes: -Data management -Statistical analysis -Graphics -Simulations...
I just returned from a great sociology/philosophy meeting near Paris. My fortune cookie at dinner had this rather nice message: and in French See previous posts on decorum in science here: On decorum in medicine On swearing versus thuggery "What I lack in decorum, I make up for with an absence of tact." - Don Williams, Jr. (American Novelist and Poet, b.1968) Earlier | Later | Main Page...
