The Urban Brain: Mental Health in the Vital City
In: The American journal of sociology, Volume 129, Issue 5, p. 1567-1569
ISSN: 1537-5390
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In: The American journal of sociology, Volume 129, Issue 5, p. 1567-1569
ISSN: 1537-5390
In: The American journal of sociology, Volume 125, Issue 1, p. 308-309
ISSN: 1537-5390
In: The American journal of sociology, Volume 119, Issue 5, p. 1478-1480
ISSN: 1537-5390
In: Politics and the life sciences: PLS ; a journal of political behavior, ethics, and policy, Volume 30, Issue 2, p. 88-92
ISSN: 1471-5457
Why should social scientists be interested in using molecular genetic data? Here are five reasons:
In: Politics and the life sciences: PLS, Volume 30, Issue 2, p. 88-93
ISSN: 0730-9384
In: The American journal of sociology, Volume 114, Issue S1, p. S1-S35
ISSN: 1537-5390
In: Contexts / American Sociological Association: understanding people in their social worlds, Volume 1, Issue 3, p. 44-49
ISSN: 1537-6052
While skeptics dismiss Darwinian approaches to behavior, some social scientists hail evolutionary psychology as a "new science" that will revolutionize how we understand behavior and society. What is the promise and pretense in this new phase in the evolution of sociobiology?
In: The American journal of sociology, Volume 102, Issue 1, p. 272-274
ISSN: 1537-5390
In: PS: political science & politics, Volume 54, Issue 2, p. 305-308
ISSN: 1537-5935
In: Annual review of sociology, Volume 43, Issue 1, p. 147-165
ISSN: 1545-2115
Across the medical and social sciences, new discussions about replication have led to transformations in research practice. Sociologists, however, have been largely absent from these discussions. The goals of this review are to introduce sociologists to these developments, synthesize insights from science studies about replication in general, and detail the specific issues regarding replication that occur in sociology. The first half of the article argues that a sociologically sophisticated understanding of replication must address both the ways that replication rules and conventions evolved within an epistemic culture and how those cultures are shaped by specific research challenges. The second half outlines the four main dimensions of replicability in quantitative sociology—verifiability, robustness, repeatability, and generalizability—and discusses the specific ambiguities of interpretation that can arise in each. We conclude by advocating some commonsense changes to promote replication while acknowledging the epistemic diversity of our field.
In: Contexts / American Sociological Association: understanding people in their social worlds, Volume 9, Issue 4, p. 66-68
ISSN: 1537-6052
In: Annual review of sociology, Volume 35, Issue 1, p. 107-128
ISSN: 1545-2115
Social science and genetic science still have fairly little engagement with one another, but the continued swift development of genetic science has certainly gained social scientists' attention. First, some social scientists are incorporating techniques from quantitative and molecular genetics into their work. Genetic data are increasingly recognized as providing valuable leverage even for research animated by strict interest in social environmental causes. Second, social scientists have been interested in understanding aspects of genetic science as a social phenomenon. This literature identifies possible noxious effects of uncritical public acceptance of genetic science, although how consistent these speculations are with public opinion and other available data is less clear. Because public understanding of genetics can influence behavior and social policies in ways that affect the ultimate causal potency of genes themselves, adequately theorizing genes as causes requires integration of these two lines of inquiry.
In: The American journal of sociology, Volume 110, Issue 5, p. 1326-1372
ISSN: 1537-5390
In: The Journal of sex research, Volume 39, Issue 2, p. 133-138
ISSN: 1559-8519
In: The American journal of sociology, Volume 106, Issue 6, p. 1776-1788
ISSN: 1537-5390