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"Social Science Experiments: A Hands-on Introduction is an accessible textbook for undergraduates. Its four objectives are to help readers to (1) become perceptive critics of social science claims and the evidence used to support them, (2) learn basic terminology used to describe experimental designs and the statistical analysis of experimental data, (3) design and conduct a small-scale randomized experiment in a manner that sheds light on a causal question while at the same time respecting ethical boundaries, and (4) appreciate the importance of research transparency in all phases of experimental design and analysis. Chapters draw on a wide array of social science experiments from fields such as political science, psychology, criminology, and health. The textbook assumes no prior background in statistics or programming, making it a perfect complement for a course in introductory statistics. Worked examples are written in the open-source software R. The exercises invite readers to work with publicly-available datasets from published studies. Solutions to the exercises appear at the back of the book. Further instruction in R is provided by an R Companion to this volume."--

In 1959, the tenth anniversary of the Communist take-over in China, Howard Boorman reviewed Western scholarship on Chinese politics in an essay subtitled "Some Remarks on Retarded Development."1 Although a good deal has taken place in Western rese0arch since that time—and the Chinese Communists have, through their actions, generated considerably more subject matter—I am inclined to give my essay the same subtitle. Many books and articles on China have been published since 1959, but social science analysis has neither "staged a take-off" nor begun "the drive to maturity," to borrow two of W. W. Rostow's terms. In fact, in my opinion social science has yet to achieve "the preconditions for take-off" from which it can begin to theorize about China.

Purpose
This paper aims to explore an adaptation of the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (I-CorpsTM) program, which uses the Lean Startup methodology to help STEM scientists commercialize their research. The adaptation, known as I-Corps for Social Impact (I-Corps SI), extends the for-profit canonical model to include mixed revenue and non-profit business models, to help researchers generate social impact.


Design/methodology/approach
A research team of policy and non-profit experts observed and adapted a canonical I-Corps process, then interviewed academics who are scaling and sustaining socially impactful solutions from their research, including past I-Corps participants, to validate research team learning.


Findings
The paper describes limitations of the I-Corps model and modifications required to enhance social impact.


Practical implications
While the field of social entrepreneurship has grown rapidly over the past few decades, social scientists have lagged behind in translating evidence-based research into solutions that can be scaled and sustained to achieve social impact. The paper presents an evidence-based case for a pedagogical tool to close this gap.


Originality/value
A focus on validated learning and business model development supports a paradigm shift within the social sciences, which can help spur greater social innovation from evidence-based research.

This commentary provides a glimpse into a conceptual history approach to the topic of public health. I focus primarily on the history of public health during the first half of the 20th century. I will also reflect on its entanglement with the social sciences in later times. The first two sections discuss three core elements of the concept of public health: the "public" or collective that the term refers to, "health", and finally, "public health" as "health of a collective". These elements are historical and political concepts, which means that they do not have a fixed definition, but need to be placed in their historical and political contexts. In the final section, I discuss some connections between social science and public health during the 20th century.

Der Verfasser schildert in diesem Beitrag die jüdische Emigration aus dem Dritten Reich nach Australien. Es werden die judenfeindlichen Bewegungen und deren Forderungen nach einer Deportation der jüdischen Bevölkerung auf eine ferne Insel, wie Französisch-Guayana oder Madagaskar, beschrieben. Aber es werden auch die Positionen der "Freeland League" und ähnlicher Organisationen wiedergegeben, die sich für einen autonomen jüdischen Staat einsetzten. Ein Projekt dieser Liga war der Versuch, eine jüdische Kolonie im Norden Australiens zu gründen. Dieses Projekt wird vom Verfasser vorgestellt und auch die Gründe für das Scheitern der Koloniegründung werden dargelegt. Zum Abschluss widmet sich der Beitrag dem Schicksal der jüdischen Einwanderer in Australien nach 1945. (ICB)