The human sciences, models and metrological mythology
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DOI: 10.1016/j.measurement.2019.107346
Abstract: Abstract Measurement concepts and vocabulary have become commonplace in the human sciences. To this end, the field of educational measurement has largely concerned itself with the development and use of a family of mathematical, “psychometric”… read more here.
Keywords: sciences models; metrological mythology; human sciences; measurement ... See more keywords
Archiving the COVID-19 pandemic in Mass Observation and Middletown
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DOI: 10.1177/09526951231152139
Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic generated debates about how pandemics should be known. There was much discussion of what role the human sciences could play in knowing – and governing – the pandemic. In this article, we… read more here.
Keywords: human sciences; covid pandemic; observation middletown; mass observation ... See more keywords
SCIENTIFIC LITERACY IN HUMAN SCIENCES: TOWARDS A DIALOGUE
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DOI: 10.1590/198053149212_en
Abstract: Abstract The present study aims to discuss and problematize how close is the relationship between the notion of scientific literacy and school teaching of human sciences by presenting the results of the analysis of 32… read more here.
Keywords: human sciences; dialogue scientific; literacy; literacy human ... See more keywords
On the Social Life of Ideas and the Persistence of the Author in the Social and Human Sciences
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DOI: 10.2383/86980
Abstract: The Symposium is a contribution to the burgeoning field of research on the social life of ideas. It focuses on one central aspect of ideas’ life, namely the patterns and mechanisms of their circulation across… read more here.
Keywords: social life; human sciences; social human; persistence author ... See more keywords