page_title: Social science
hierarchical_section_title: Social science
caption_attribution_description: English: Archaeologist Serhii Nemtsev with the assistance of a member of expedition Ivan Shevtsov are making photo of the ancient object to "capture" it before filling the site with a ground. Bilozerske settlement, IV-III century B.C. (Kherson region). Archaeological expedition of Cherson State University, 2017, headed by Serhii Nemtsev (lecturer in Cherson State University). Українська: Археолог Сергій Нємцев з допомогою учасника експедиції Івана Шевцова роблять фотофіксацію античного об'єкта перед засипкою землею. Білозерське поселення, IV-III ст. до н.е. (Херсонська область). Археологічна експедиція Херсонського державного університету, 2017 р., під керівництвом Сергія Нємцева (викладач Херсонського державного університету).
context_page_description: Social science is the branch of science devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among individuals within those societies. The term was formerly used to refer to the field of sociology, the original "science of society", established in the 19th century. In addition to sociology, it now encompasses a wide array of academic disciplines, including anthropology, archaeology, economics, human geography, linguistics, management science, media studies, musicology, political science, psychology, welfare and nursing studies and social history.
  Positivist social scientists use methods resembling those of the natural sciences as tools for understanding society, and so define science in its stricter modern sense. Interpretivist social scientists, by contrast, may use social critique or symbolic interpretation rather than constructing empirically falsifiable theories, and thus treat science in its broader sense. In modern academic practice, researchers are often eclectic, using multiple methodologies. The term "social research" has also acquired a degree of autonomy as practitioners from various disciplines share in its aims and methods.
context_section_description: Social science is the branch of science devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among individuals within those societies. The term was formerly used to refer to the field of sociology, the original "science of society", established in the 19th century. In addition to sociology, it now encompasses a wide array of academic disciplines, including anthropology, archaeology, economics, human geography, linguistics, management science, media studies, musicology, political science, psychology, welfare and nursing studies and social history. (For a more detailed list of sub-disciplines within the social sciences see: Outline of social science.)
  Positivist social scientists use methods resembling those of the natural sciences as tools for understanding society, and so define science in its stricter modern sense. Interpretivist social scientists, by contrast, may use social critique or symbolic interpretation rather than constructing empirically falsifiable theories, and thus treat science in its broader sense. In modern academic practice, researchers are often eclectic, using multiple methodologies (for instance, by combining both quantitative and qualitative research). The term "social research" has also acquired a degree of autonomy as practitioners from various disciplines share in its aims and methods.
caption: Archaeology is one of the social sciences.
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