We are an interdisciplinary group of computer scientists, applied mathematicians, cognitive scientists, political scientists, philosophers, and others who use a social science approach to answer society's most challenging questions.
In this context, our study builds on an innovative Canadian Institutes of Health Research CIHRR) funded research program that uses a social science lens through which to view the organization of the care of patients with chronic osteoarthritis (OA) pain, many of whom have multiple co-morbidities [ 11].
Approaching disease control within a political ecology framework and using a qualitative social science investigation of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in Northern Ireland as a case study, this empirical paper explores the rationales and sensibilities of cattle farmers and the agricultural political economy and regulatory framework within which they operate in this region of the United Kingdom.
Using the methodology of a social science case study [ 13] conducted at a large construction site in the National Capital Region near Delhi, India, we examine dynamics influencing the security and well-being of migrant children and families who live near and work in infrastructure development projects.
We felt that an opt-out approach to the home visit, as commonly used in longitudinal studies with a social science focus, would be more successful than an opt-in approach.
It is a social science that uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about social order, social disorder and social change.
An article belongs, prima facie, to the social sciences if, in conducting a search using the social science disciplinary categories provided by the database abstracting service, that article is returned.
The study is part of a larger trend to analyze "big data'': a focus on using computational social science methods to analyze information from databases such as Facebook and LinkedIn.
Most (19) used SNA to analyse data, with one study adding survival analysis, three studies using multiple regression, and two using other social science analyses.
Using New York City as a research laboratory, under the guidance of the faculty coordinator, students clarify basic theoretical issues related to their chosen research problem; find ways of making a series of empirical questions operational; collect evidence to test hypotheses; analyze the data using a variety of social science techniques; and produce reports of basic findings.
