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Education is not regarded as a traditional, hard science, like Biology, Physics or Chemistry or Medicine. My husband and I are research scientists in biomedical fields (MD/ PhD), and it would never occur to us to consider Education a science, even though it uses statistics and data analysis. Lots of fields use statistics and data analysis nowadays.

Surely you knew that, OP. Why set yourself up for mockery?

And congratulations to your sister.
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OP here: She has a PHD!!
She literally added new research to her niche 
validity in her research is something she values

She had to know stats and both qualitative and quantitative
Methods

I don’t get why such disrespect. She worked hard!
At the core
Of her empirical research is the Scientific method 
hence why she too considers herself a scientist

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PP you replied to. I was trying to be nice, but since you're asking for it -

1. A PhD can be had in any academic field, including non-scientific ones.
2. Research is always worthy and admirable, whichever field it is, whether it's science or not.
3. You are confusing researcher with scientist.
4. No one is disrespecting your sister and her achievements, and furthermore...
5. [b]We are so glad someone has brains in the family.[/b]

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:lol: [/quote]

except phd in ed requires no brain power. just time and $. [/quote]

This. 
And I have one. [/quote]

You as someone who holds a doctorate in Ed is saying this ? Why

Also, the college paid for her to go school 
She had a stipend [/quote]

I said this because it is not that rigorous of a degree.  It is the least demanding PhD you can earn. My cousin has a PhD in physics. He is a legit PhD and scientist. I am not. 
The university paid for his tuition as well as his salary as an instructor/researcher while he earned his degree. This is not typical for a PhD in Education ( your sister’s experience might be different )
I can still be bad ass but I am not a scientist. I would be embarrassed to learn that any of my sisters were gushing about my degree or career in the terms you describe. [/quote]

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