Assertion: social science | /r/CapableOf | apply scientific method
Facets:
value: to study human behavior
type: PURPOSE
value: to study social patterns
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: The term natural sciences is used to distinguish it from the social sciences, which apply the scientific method to study human behavior and social patterns; the humanities, which use a critical, or analytical approach to the study of the human condition; and the formal sciences.