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The Uses and Misuses of Data and Models

The Mathematization of the Human Sciences
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Bradley and Schaefer avoid a radically subje ctive approach to the use of data and models in the analysis of information in the human sciences. They show how norms, values and purpose can and should be part of the discourse o f all researchers in the field. '
PART ONE: FOUNDATIONS Oracles, Norms and Science Modeling Dreams and Disappointments PART TWO: THE INFORMATION CYCLE A Priori Influences on the Information Cycle Measurement of Human Information Limitations of Measurement in the Social Sciences Information for Inferences What Are Social Science Data? Causality Models and Policy Making
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