num_pages: 260
description: In this book, the author defends the positivist traditions of the social sciences. Contents: What's Wrong with the Social Sciences; In Praise of the Null Hypothesis: The Myth of "The Value-Free Myth"; Social Science Syntactics and Empirics: Alleged Problems...; ...And Happy Prospects; Cultural Materialism in the Systemic Mode; Social Science Semantics; A Sad Story; Index.
language: English
title: What's Wrong with the Social Sciences?
titlecomplete: What's Wrong with the Social Sciences?
publisher: University Press Of America