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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Education isn’t a social science either. I know scientists thinks social science is a softer BSy category, but it doesn’t actually encompass everything else in the world...[/quote]

Education is a subject, not a method. You can do educational research that is social science, even if not all educational research is. I know people who do ethnography, psychology, and/or demography of education, they are social scientists. And for better or for worse what do you think all the quantitative assessment going on in schools is attempting to do?

-a social scientist[/quote]

By your definition shouldn’t she be considered a scientist ?
She’s doing educational research. Her PhD is in education with a focus in literacy- early childhood

Social scientist but couldn’t I just say scientist ? What’s the big deal
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Social scientist PP here. First off, because as this thread shows, most people hear "scientist" and think it means physical scientist, and physical scientists get all butthurt about it. Second, because there are actual differences in how you can apply the scientific method to people, so social science is a real thing, not just a "lesser than" label. [b]Calling something social science, in my mind, isn't calling it "soft" or "less real," [/b]it's identifying a different kind of empirical research. It's not an insult, or I'd be disrespecting my own PhD! [/quote]

Of course you believe that.  You kind of have to.

Others . . . disagree.  [/quote]

Well I'm glad you came in here to let me know. Can't let a social scientist walk around NOT feeling inferior, amirite?[/quote]

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