The Social sciences, their nature and uses
Subtitle: papers presented at the 50th anniversary of the Social Science Research Building, the University of Chicago, December 16-18, 1979
By: William H. Kruskal, editor.
Contributors: Kruskal, William, 1919-; University of Chicago. Division of the Social Sciences.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1982
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 166
Subjects: Social sciences -- Congresses
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.
Table of contents: title: Are social problems problems that social science can solve? / Herbert A. Simon; title: Effects of credentials, connections and competence on income / Paul E. Peterson; title: Individual experience and cultural order / Marshall D. Sahlins; title: Choice in eh spending of time / Mary Jean Bowman; title: Prudent aspirations for social inquiry / Lee J. Cronbach; title: Response to lecture by Professor Cronbach / Philip E. Converse; title: Policy, research, and political theory / James S. Coleman; title: The citizen and the scholar / Barry D. Karl; title: Distortions of economic research / Theodore W. Schultz; title: Federal support in the social sciences / Richard C. Atkinson; title: Discrepancies between concepts and their measurements / Norman M. Bradburn; title: The impact of the polls on national leadership / Philip E. Converse.