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What is Social Research? August 31st
We are all social researchers
Social Science ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
But… ,[object Object]
Voting and Genes ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
What Makes Social Science Distinct?
Address socially significant phenomena ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Is it Relevant to social theory? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
incorporating large amounts of evidence, purposefully collected ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Systematic analysis of evidence ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Let’s look at the study Fowler, James H., Baker, Laura A. and Dawes, Christopher T., "The Genetic Basis of Political Participation" (July 2007). Available at SSRN:  http:// ssrn.com /abstract=1008036
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8 31 What Is Social Research

  • 1. What is Social Research? August 31st
  • 2. We are all social researchers
  • 3.
  • 4.
  • 5.
  • 6. What Makes Social Science Distinct?
  • 7.
  • 8.
  • 9.
  • 10.
  • 11. Let’s look at the study Fowler, James H., Baker, Laura A. and Dawes, Christopher T., "The Genetic Basis of Political Participation" (July 2007). Available at SSRN: http:// ssrn.com /abstract=1008036
  • 12.