Social Science
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...sciences. Although human social behavior has been studied...antiquity, the modern social sciences as disciplines rooted in the scientific method date only from the 18th...anthropology , political science , psychology , and sociology...use of quantitative methods and statistical techniques...practical application of social science knowledge...