The Government and Social Science Research: Are They Compatible?

1977 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 267-269
Author(s):  
LAUNOR F. CARTER
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
The Government

scholarly journals House Majority Leader Questions Federal Funding of Social Science Research

2013 ◽  
Vol 46 (02) ◽  
pp. 429
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Policy Research ◽  
Federal Funding ◽  
Science Research ◽  
American Enterprise Institute ◽  
Public Policy Research ◽  
The Government

Speaking before an audience at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) declared: “Funds currently spent by the government on social science–including on politics of all things–would be better spent helping find cures to diseases.”

scholarly journals SPSS as a means for Scientific Analysis in Social Science Research

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 2043-2045 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Analytic Thinking ◽  
Huge Data ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Government

SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) is an innovative computerized programming for statistical analysis, specially developed for the social sciences research. Now a day, it is widely used particularly in the huge data analysis. SPSS is a software through which researcher can understand the human behavior, the role and influence of the organization, etc. including the analytic thinking of several indicators of society in a scientific way. Currently, this software is widely exercised by the business hubs, market analysis agencies, and educational institutions and even by the government itself. Simply, we can aver that it assists the researcher in concerning to the documentation of the data. It is a full package software encompasses all forms of statistical analysis which is efficaciously able to convert the quantitative data to qualitative analysis. This present paper is an effort to understand the usability, difficulties and shortcomings of the SPSS software in the social science research.

From the Field to the Courthouse: Should Social Science Research Be Privileged?

1999 ◽  
Vol 24 (04) ◽  
pp. 927-965 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert H. McLaughlin
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Common Law ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Federal Courts ◽  
Criminal Cases ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Legal Proceedings ◽  
The Government

Social scientists need clarification about the extent to which the confidential aspects of their research are protected from compulsory disclosure in legal proceedings, and the extent to which they ought to be. Investigating the nature of social science research with an emphasis on researcher-participant relationships in ethnographic practice, I conclude that a qualified privilege would confer three major benefits on social science researchers: confidence that the government will not unnecessarily interfere with research, facilitation of improved researcher-participant relationships, and increased accuracy, thoroughness, and reliability of research data. I also discuss the development of privilege and confidentiality issues in practical research contexts through an examination of two criminal cases in which social science researchers refused to divulge the confidential information obtained in the course of research. Finally, I discuss the possible formulations of a scholarly research privilege. This is especially important because courts have cast social scientists as members of the larger community of academic or scholarly researchers with respect to these issues. Potential sources of protection include state journalist protection laws, federal common law, and federal statutory law. Evaluation of these sources and the case law to which they correspond suggests that developing common law privileges in state and federal jurisprudence is the most promising means of affording the confidential aspects of social science research legal protection. As researchers continue to press privilege issues in state and federal courts, these courts should recognize a qualified research privilege accordingly.

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