Real science attempts to derive laws that can explain observed phenomena.
This validation must either be a formal mathematical proof, or it must be supported by experimental results. Since there is not a single example of a formal mathematical proof in any social science, I am forced to focus only on the experimental evidence validation method. Furthermore, this data must be analyzed either mathematically or by conducting additional experiments. Much of social science research amounts to little more that collecting huge amounts of demographic data which is then subjected to a statistical analysis to look for trends. Unfortunately, the social science researcher has little or no control over the source of the data.