Multiple Regression and Spatial Policy Analysis: George Udny Yule and the Origins of Statistical Social Science

10.1068/d291 ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 385-407 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslie W Hepple
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Multiple Regression Analysis ◽  
Multiple Regression ◽  
The Social ◽  
Spatial Policy ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of Statistics

Studies on the history of statistics by MacKenzie and on quantitative geography by Barnes have suggested that the lineaments and assumptions of statistical methods such as correlation and regression are closely related to their origin in biometrics and eugenics. This paper challenges that view by examining in detail the work of George Udny Yule. Yule was a colleague of Karl Pearson in the 1890s, but was interested in social science and social policy applications, not eugenics. In the late 1890s he constructed both the theory and application of multiple regression analysis, using geographical data. The paper examines Yule's work and its context, relating it to debates on the history of statistics, and traces the subsequent early diffusion of regression and correlation into the social sciences. The paper concludes by arguing for greater recognition of Yule's pivotal role, and also for further studies on the history of quantitative social science.

scholarly journals Pengaruh Opini Audit dan Corporate Governance Terhadap Kualitas Laporan Keuangan

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 41
Author(s):  
Farid Addy Sumantri
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Multiple Regression Analysis ◽  
Multiple Regression ◽  
Total Asset ◽  
Purposive Sampling ◽  
The Social

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji pengaruh opini audit dan corporate governance terhadap kualitas laporan keuangan. Selanjutnya dalam penelitian ini variabel Corporate Governance disingkat menjadi CG. Opini audit dilihat dari jenis opini audit yang diberikan oleh auditor independen. CG dilihat berdasarkan mekanisme CG yang terdiri dari komposisi dewan komisaris, kepemilikan institusional dan kepemilikan manajerial atas saham yang dimiliki. Kualitas laporan keuangan diukur dengan menggunakan non operating accruals dibagi total asset. Sampel penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini terdiri 11 perusahaan sektor aneka industri metal yang terdaftar di Bursa Efek Indonesia (BEI) peiode 2014-2016. Jenis penelitian ini adalah penelitian kuantitatif dengan menggunakan metode purposive sampling. Teknis analisis yang digunakan adalah multiple regression  analysis dengan alat bantu program SPSS (statistical package for the social sciences) for windows versi 24. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan Opini audit tidak berpengaruh terhadap kualitas laporan keuangan, yaitu 0,357 > 0,05. Komposisi dewan komisaris tidak berpengaruh terhadap kualitas laporan keuangan 0,594 > 0,05. Kepemilikan institusional tidak berpengaruh terhadap kualitas laporan keuangan 0,550 > 0,05. Kepemilkan manajerial berpengaruh signifikan negatif terhadap kualitas laporan keuangan 0,007 < 0,05.

Scientific realism and social science

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Russell Keat
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Scientific Realism ◽  
Natural Sciences ◽  
Central Issue ◽  
Dominant Position ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Realist Conception

A central issue in the philosophy of the social sciences is the possibility of naturalism: whether disciplines such as sociology, anthropology, economics and psychology can be ‘scientific’ in broadly the same sense in which this term is applied to physics, chemistry, biology and so on. In the long history of debates about this issue, both naturalists and anti-naturalists have tended to accept a particular view of the natural sciences – the ‘positivist’ conception of science. But the challenges to this previously dominant position in the philosophy of science from around the 1960s made this shared assumption increasingly problematic. It was no longer clear what would be implied by the naturalist requirement that the social sciences should be modelled on the natural sciences. It also became necessary to reconsider the arguments previously employed by anti-naturalists, to see whether these held only on the assumption of a positivist conception of science. If so, a non-positivist naturalism might be defended: a methodological unity of the social and natural sciences based on some alternative to positivism. That this is possible has been argued by scientific realists in the social sciences, drawing on a particular alternative to positivism: the realist conception of science developed in the 1970s by Harré and others.

The History of Sociology in Britain

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. H. Halsey
Keyword(s):  
Political Philosophy ◽  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Science ◽  
London School ◽  
History Of Sociology ◽  
Literature And Philosophy ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of ◽  
London School Of Economics

This chapter discusses the battle between literature and science for domination of sociology, a topic that has rather been neglected as a theme in the history of sociology in Britain if also perhaps overheated nowadays in exchanges over relativism between the denizens of ‘cultural studies’ and the proponents of a ‘science of society’. The chapter argues that, traditionally, the social territory belonged to literature and philosophy. A challenge was then raised by science especially in the nineteenth century. Then, especially in the twentieth century, social science developed so as to turn a binary contrast into a triangular one. Sociology had three sources in Western thought: one literary (political philosophy), one quasi-scientific (the philosophy of history), and one scientific (biology). It is no accident that both sociology and social policy were placed first at the London School of Economics, the Fabian institution invented and fostered by Sidney and Beatrice Webb in 1895.

Social science as apologia

2021 ◽  
pp. 136843102199096
Author(s):  
Federico Brandmayr
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Beliefs And Practices ◽  
Political Implications ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Status ◽  
History Of ◽  
Social Scientific

The social sciences are predominantly seen by their practitioners as critical endeavours, which should inform criticism of harmful institutions, beliefs and practices. Accordingly, political attacks on the social sciences are often interpreted as revealing an unwillingness to accept criticism and an acquiescence with the status quo. But this dominant view of the political implications of social scientific knowledge misses the fact that people can also be outraged by what they see as its apologetic potential, namely that it provides excuses or justifications for people doing bad things, preventing them from being rightfully blamed and punished. This introduction to the special issue sketches the long history of debates about the exculpatory and justificatory consequences of social science and lays the foundations for a theory of social scientific apologia by examining three main aspects: what social and cognitive processes motivate this type of accusation, how social theorists respond to it and whether different contexts of circulation of ideas affect how these controversies unfold.

scholarly journals Self-Isolation Negatively Impacts Self-Management of Diabetes During the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahina Pardhan ◽  
Md. Saiful Islam ◽  
Guillermo F. López-Sánchez ◽  
Tirthalal Upadhyaya ◽  
Raju Sapkota
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Blood Glucose ◽  
Multiple Regression Analysis ◽  
Multiple Regression ◽  
Healthy Diet ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Outcome Variable ◽  
Glucose Levels ◽  
Blood Glucose Levels ◽  
History Of

Abstract Background/Aim: People with diabetes are at a greater risk of serious complications from Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Self-management of diabetes is therefore of paramount importance. The purpose of this study is to compare self-management of diabetes pre-COVID-19 and during COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: 679 participants with diabetes completed an online structured questionnaire. Outcome variables that were analysed were: (i) fluctuation of blood glucose levels, (ii) access to diabetes medicine, (iii) access to healthy diet, and (iv) physical activity. Adjusted multiple regression analysis ascertained significant associations for each outcome variable against exposure variables such as demographics (age/gender), history of diabetes (duration, treatment, and complications) and the need for self-isolation. Results: Multiple regression analysis showed that self-isolation was significantly associated with greater fluctuation in blood glucose levels (OR=1.8, 95% CI=1.2-2.6, p=0.005), worsened access to diabetes medicine (OR=1.9, 95% CI=1.1-3.1, p=0.02) and reduced access to healthy diet (OR=3.0, 95% CI= 2.0-4.6, p<0.001). Fluctuating blood glucose was also significantly associated with having at least one complication of diabetes (OR=2.2, 95 % CI=1.2-3.9, p=0.008) and worsened access to diabetes medicine was significantly higher in people who were on insulin (OR=2.1, 95% CI=1.3-3.3, p=0.001). Conclusions: Self-isolation impacted various factors that influence self-management of diabetes. A targeted approach to improved access to diabetes medicine and healthy diet for people needing to self-isolate is vital in order to ensure that they are able to self-manage their diabetes effectively.

scholarly journals An Evaluation of Retail Banking Products’ Performance: A Study on Selected Bankers

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 115
Author(s):  
Md. Siraz Meah ◽  
Md. Sarwar Uddin
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Multiple Regression Analysis ◽  
Multiple Regression ◽  
Commercial Banks ◽  
Retail Banking ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Total Variability ◽  
Retail Products

The study has examined to categorize the retail banking products according to their important performance on scheduled commercial banks operating in Chittagong, Bangladesh. To do this, the authors have collected data from 118 bankers who are working at different level in different banks. Data have been analyzed with the help of SPSS IBM (Statistical Package for Social Science) 21.0 version. Factor analysis as well as multiple regression analysis has been conducted to get the result. Bartlett&#39;s Test of Sphericity along with Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) statistics has been used to highlight three (03) categories retail products responsible for retail banking products&rsquo; performance of scheduled commercial banks. The study has found that these three (03) categories could explain 59.169% of total variability of retail banking products&rsquo; performance. Finally, multiple regression analysis has suggested that these three (03) categories of retail products influenced retail banking products&rsquo; performance most significantly. Limitations and further research directions are also discussed.

Context, Social Construction, and Statistics: Regression, Social Science, and Human Geography

1998 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 225-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
L Hepple
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Construction ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Human Geography ◽  
Social Constructivist ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of ◽  
Constructivist Perspective

In response to a paper by T J Barnes, published in 1998, the author accepts the same social-constructivist perspective, but argues that the structure of regression was not excessively constrained by its biometric origins. The history of regression and its use in the social sciences is examined, and the author argues that any assessment of regression in human geography must be set against this wider context.

Social Science and Ideological Critiques of Ecclesiology

2018 ◽  
pp. 552-572
Author(s):  
Neil Ormerod
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Human Condition ◽  
Dietrich Bonhoeffer ◽  
Problematic Relationship ◽  
The Social ◽  
Edward Schillebeeckx ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Human Condition

Theology has long engaged philosophy as a dialogue partner, but the social sciences raise a new set of issues as both theology and the social sciences reflect concretely on the human condition. The problematic relationship between theology and the social sciences is perhaps nowhere more evident than in the area of ecclesiology. Whenever ecclesiology turns from more idealistic ahistorical forms of discourse to deal with the actual context and constitution of historical communities, the role of the social sciences in providing insights into those contexts and constitutions becomes difficult to deny. This chapter seeks to map out some of the history of the engagement with the social sciences by ecclesiologists such as Clodovis Boff, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Edward Schillebeeckx, John Milbank, and Roger Haight, and the challenges that this engagement poses. Underlying this debate are profound theological issues concerning grace and nature.

Childhood abuse in adults in primary care: Empirical findings and clinical implications

2017 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 265-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
John H Porcerelli ◽  
John R Jones ◽  
Rachel Klamo ◽  
Rebecca Heeney
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Multiple Regression Analysis ◽  
Multiple Regression ◽  
Childhood Abuse ◽  
Adult Patients ◽  
Patient Relationship ◽  
History Of Childhood ◽  
History Of

In the healthcare setting, adult patients with histories of childhood abuse are of significant concern and are frequently encountered in the primary care setting. However, there is a dearth of studies investigating the relationships between psychopathology, overall health, healthcare utilization, physician ratings of patient difficulty, and childhood abuse. The present study examines these relationships in primary care patients with (N = 45) and without (N = 129) histories of childhood abuse (physical, sexual, and both). Findings revealed that adult patients with histories of childhood abuse generally scored significantly higher on measures of psychopathology, emergency room use, and doctor–patient relationship difficulty, and lower on a measure of mental and physician-rated physical health. In a multiple regression analysis, income and a history of childhood sexual abuse significantly predicted overall mental health. In a second multiple regression analysis, income, depression, somatization, borderline personality disorder, and difficult doctor–patient relationship ratings significantly predicted physician-rated physical health. Overall, these findings suggest that a history of childhood abuse is associated with a host of negative health outcomes. Findings also suggest that negative feelings about a patient may help physicians identify patients with histories of childhood abuse. It is especially important for physicians to routinely include an assessment of childhood abuse during the psychosocial portion of the medical interview or through screening instruments.

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