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Systematic research reviews have become essential in all empirical sciences. However, the validity of research syntheses is threatened if the preparation, submission or publication of research findings depends on the statistical significance of these findings. The present study investigates publication bias in three top-tier journals in the German social sciences, utilizing the caliper test. For the period between 2001 and 2010, we have collected 156 articles that appeared in the Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie (KZfSS), the Zeitschrift für Soziologie (ZfS) and the Politische Vierteljahresschrift (PVS). In all three journals, we found empirical evidence for the existence of a publication bias at the 10% level. We also investigated possible causes linked to this bias, including single versus multiple authorship as well as academic degree. We find only weak support for the relationships between individual author characteristics and publication bias.

The effects on scientific development of treating social science as a commodity are analyzed. The commodification of science is traced to the industrial revolution, where increased competition induced corporate & state investment in research & development. Eventually, capital is seen as having departmentalized scientific investigation & monopolized certain aspects & findings. A divorce of science from social need results from such treatment. A brief discussion of postcolonial Africa shows the effects of teaching social science courses grounded in imperialistic ideology. An increase in the scope & depth of social science criticism would shed further light on the conditions under which research is produced. 3 Illustrations. R. McCarthy.

The social sciences had an important role to play in legitimising and promoting the activities of the old totalitarian order. In the wake of 1989 and the movement towards liberal democracy, looks at how the social sciences are developing. Discusses organisational and financial problems, and the establishing of research priorities. (RSM)

Law is offered as an undergraduate social science discipline at Carleton University. Students may take programmes leading to both Major and Honours B.A. degrees in law or may also undertake the study of law in a combined Major or Honours programme in conjunction with another discipline. Successful completion of any programme does not qualify the graduate for admission to any bar admission programme nor is any credit given towards a law degree for courses taken at Carleton.' The purpose of the programme is to promote an awareness of the place of rules respecting human conduct in political, social and economic environment and to provide insights of other disciplines relevant to particular legal problems. The purpose of this paper is to discuss certain aspects of Carleton's law programme. These include the impact of being part of the Faculty of Social Sciences, the development of the programme, and the format of a recent survey of the Department's graduates.

Should social robots become part of our society? Embedded in an exciting crime story, the science comic by Oliver Korn and Jonas Grund conveys the current state and outlook of science on social robots. The story takes place in the near future: In an international project, scientists are researching the requirements for social robots for the health sector. Shortly before the prototype of a nursing robot is used in a field study, it disappears without a trace. In her first major case, the young inspector Kira embarks on a journey into the world of science. In the process, she learns a lot about social robots, AI and the world of international scientific cooperation. Again and again, critical voices are heard: anti-robot activists protest against automation and a dwindling of humanity and empathy. Even in the Commissioner's family, the possible care of elderly people by robots is controversially discussed. The overarching goal is to build knowledge across all age groups so that the advantages and disadvantages of these new technologies can be discussed controversially but knowledgeably. "Social Robots - a Science Comic" is a contribution to an informed discussion in the fields of robotics, artificial intelligence, ethics and politics and is thus also suitable as a teaching and learning tool. The comic was conceived and designed for young people and adults. In particular, however, for those who have hardly come into contact with social robots and artificial intelligence so far. Another target group are people working in the health care sector, because the care and nursing of elderly people are considered to be one of the most important areas of application for social robots in the future. DINA4 portrait format, hardcover thread stitching, published in German and English. Self-published by the Affective & Cognitive Institute (ACI), Offenburg University.

Questionner les programmes actuels, réfléchir à ce que pourraient être des objectifs de sciences sociales, cet effort signifie aussi un changement des pratiques pédagogiques. Avoir des idées de transformation, c'est se condamner à les appliquer dès maintenant, tant bien que mal - c'est aussi en retour enrichir la démarche générale par des interrogations nées d'une expérience ponctuelle, voici un exemple d'incarnation de cette réflexion théorique sur le terrain, avec des élèves concrets dans un collège banal de Seine-Saint-Denis.

Discusses the relevance of Marxist analysis to the development of a rational social science, & particularly the process of historical change, asserting that the dialectical unity of subject & object is required to address some fundamental theoretical & methodological deficiencies. Adapted from the source document.

Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Preface -- I Simple Recursive Models and Path Analysis -- 1 Spurious Correlation: A Causal Interpretation -- 2 Four-Variable Causal Models and Partial Correlations -- 3 Path Coefficients and Path Regressions: Alternative or Complementary Concepts? -- 4 Path Analysis: Sociological Examples -- 5 Causal Inferences, Closed Populations, and Measures of Association -- II Simultaneous-Equation Techniques -- 6 Identification Problems in Economic Model Construction -- 7 Recursive versus Nonrecursive Systems: An Attempt at Synthesis -- 8 The Application of a System of Simultaneous Equations to an Innovation Diffusion Model -- 9 The Choice of Instrumental Variables in the Estimation of Economy-Wide Econometric Models -- 10 Two Theorems on Ceteris Paribus in the Analysis of Dynamic Systems -- 11 Sensitivity Analysis of Arbitrarily Identified Simultaneous-Equation Models -- III The Causal Approach to Measurement Error and Aggregation -- 12 Theory, Deduction, and Rules of Correspondence -- 13 Estimating the Parameters of Path Models Involving Unmeasured Variables -- 14 Multiple Indicator Models Using Lisrel -- 15 Respecification in Multiple Indicator Models -- 16 Multiple Indicators and Complex Causal Models -- 17 Problems of Aggregation -- Author Index -- Subject Index