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'Following several crises, quantitative social scientists now worry about the validity of methods. Such developments have political implications. There may be g
by ContrarianBrit 5y ago
'Following several crises, quantitative social scientists now worry about the validity of methods. Such developments have political implications. There may be greatest risk to progressive ideologies, these being predicated on the notion that politicians can improve society. If scholars worry about findings, how can we be confident that policy interventions are effective?'
- UnpossibleJim 5y agoI mean, the validity of the social sciences methods were, in quite a few cases, questionable. The reproducibility of such studies led to something of a crisis of their own, did they not? https://www.wired.com/story/social-science-reproducibility/ https://www.wired.com/story/social-science-reproducibility/ https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/replication-crisis https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/replication-crisis