Scientific Measurements in Sociology
نویسنده
چکیده
Sociology is considered by many to be a somewhat lr,exact science; this may be because no clearly defined J^its of measurement in human relationships have "een established. Perhaps the most important of these relationships 's that between men and women, so it is proposed Pr'ef|y to suggest some clearly definable units in this ''eld. ^ has been previously suggested that the unit of ernale beauty should be the helen, sufficient beauty launch a thousand ships. This may be inconveniently large today, particularly with the difficulties exist in British shipyards, so the millihelen can be ysed as sufficient beauty to launch one ship. Smaller Un'ts, such as the microhelen or even the picohelen occasionally be necessary.
منابع مشابه
A Study on the Social Factors Influencing Scientific Papers Presentations among PhD Candidates at IAU of Babol
The purpose of the present paper was to pursue the social factors involving in scientific papers and also examine the impact of tendency of PhD candidates to participate in research projects, membership and activity of PhD candidate at conferences, the willingness in scientific collaboration of professors and researchers. The sample size consisted of 92 PhD candidates at Islamic Azad University...
متن کاملA Study on Scientific Community of Social Sciences Professors Relying on Bourdieu’s Field Theory
Since Science is a social phenomenon, active groups of actors in a scientific field are called scientific community. The relationship between scientific capital and scientific community constructs the subject matter of current paper which is addressed through Pierre Bourdieu’s field theory and his theory of Habitus. Scientific community of sociology in various universities of Tehran were select...
متن کاملUnsettling standards: the biological age controversy
One key debate within the sociology of aging and the life-course in the past decade has been focused on understanding the extent to which life course processes have become de-standardised. However, little attention has been devoted to the infrastructural processes that would support such a transition. This paper focuses on one of such standards, ‘biological age’, and the 40 year controversy aro...
متن کاملA Primer on Observational Measurement.
Observational measurement plays an integral role in a variety of scientific endeavors within biology, psychology, sociology, education, medicine, and marketing. The current article provides an interdisciplinary primer on observational measurement; in particular, it highlights recent advances in observational methodology and the challenges that accompany such growth. First, we detail the various...
متن کامل