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This article explores research that, by definition or in practice, is conducted by the social science community at the international level. International research contrasts with most social science research, which is conducted within state boundaries by scholars who work on projects individually or in small groups. A survey of key research quality gatekeepers reveals a diverse range of international research activities in the UK, across all the disciplines, as well as extensive collaborative links with scholars around the world. Evidence of the characteristics present in research that transcends national & local limitations is presented, & revealing judgments about the comparative quality of international research in the social sciences emerge. This evidence also puts into perspective the common view that the US is the world leader in social science research. Furthermore, it shows that international social science is currently limited, but has the potential to host massive projects. 4 Tables, 4 Graphs, 4 References. Adapted from the source document.

Nous englobons dans cette étude sous le vocable sciences humaines les disciplines traditionnelles : philosophie, philologie, langues classiques, langues étrangères, littérature, histoire, géographie — nous y sommes assez brillants — et les sciences sociales nouvelles : économie politique, sociologie, ethnographie, psychologie sociale, biométrie, démographie, etc., et là nous ne sommes pas aussi fiers de nous. Or, ces sciences neuves ou relativement neuves, vivent sans doute ; disons plutôt qu'elles subsistent, malgré les barrages et les asphyxies que signifie pour elles un enseignement qui les prévoit mal et les alimente plus mal encore, alors qu'elles répondent, comme les sciences exactes, à des besoins nationaux grandissants et exigeants. L'activité générale du pays, publique et privée, réclame, de plus en plus, des économistes mathématiciens, des statisticiens, des spécialistes de recherche opérationnelle, des techniciens de psychologie industrielle, voire de psychologie militaire, des cartographes (la carte est devenue un langage), des ethnographes.

"This book focuses on fundamental elements of time-series analysis that social scientists need to understand to employ time-series analysis for their research and practice. Avoiding extraordinary mathematical materials, this book explains univariate time-series analysis step-by-step, from the preliminary visual analysis through the modeling of seasonality, trends, and residuals to the prediction and the evaluation of estimated models. Then, this book explains smoothing, multiple time-series analysis, and interrupted time-series analysis. At the end of each step, this book coherently provides an analysis of the monthly violent-crime rates as an example."--Provided by publisher

10 yrs experience as Ed-in-Chief of a magazine that tries to present sociol to the layman is described. Ideological, editorial, & practical problems of Transaction are recounted & the growth of the magazine as a public voice is traced. Various shifts & changes are noted, eg, the changeover from a predominantly sociol'al to an interdisciplinary soc sci focus, the growing stress on topics of pol, sex, & religion, change in ownership, & the journal's penetration into mass book publication. As a business, Transaction has to please its readers. But soc sci is more than a business; it is an ideology & it has needs & makes representations of its own. "It is the driving passion for a world of peace & reason to which all soc sci must ultimately dedicate itself, despite the absence of any logical, formal mandate to do so." The magazine tries to bridge the gap between the mass COMM world & the elite sci'fic community by presenting "the big picture, as lived by small people." M. Maxfield.

This paper discusses the partucular scopes of history, philosophy, sociology,
geography, anthropology, and psychology in the interpretation of certain
artistic phenomena. At the same time, there are possibilities for connecting
their results into a consistent, paraconsistent comprehensive
multidisciplinary interpretation, and especially the reality of that
interpretation in relation to theoretically recognizable elements of art and
composition of artistic work. Social sciences provide the history of art with
necessary material to expand the interpretation of art and analysis of works
of art, as well as the theoretical foundation of multidisciplinarity.