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How Social Science Got Better - Overcoming Bias with More Evidence, Diversity, and Self-Reflection (Hardcover)
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How Social Science Got Better - Overcoming Bias with More Evidence, Diversity, and Self-Reflection (Hardcover)
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It seems like most of what we read about the academic social
sciences in the mainstream media is negative. The field is facing
mounting criticism, as canonical studies fail to replicate,
questionable research practices abound, and researcher social and
political biases come under fire. In response to these criticisms,
Matt Grossmann, in How Social Science Got Better, provides a robust
defense of the current state of the social sciences. Applying
insights from the philosophy, history, and sociology of science and
providing new data on research trends and scholarly views, he
argues that, far from crisis, social science is undergoing an
unparalleled renaissance of ever-broader understanding and
application. According to Grossmann, social science research today
has never been more relevant, rigorous, or self-reflective because
scholars have a much better idea of their blind spots and biases.
He highlights how scholars now closely analyze the impact of
racial, gender, geographic, methodological, political, and
ideological differences on research questions; how the incentives
of academia influence our research practices; and how universal
human desires to avoid uncomfortable truths and easily solve
problems affect our conclusions. Though misaligned incentive
structures of course remain, a messy, collective deliberation
across the research community has shifted us into an unprecedented
age of theoretical diversity, open and connected data, and public
scholarship. Grossmann's wide-ranging account of current trends
will necessarily force the academy's many critics to rethink their
lazy critiques and instead acknowledge the path-breaking advances
occurring in the social sciences today.
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