Social Science - Science topic

My policy and science technology science advisor had one of the biggest impacts on my learning and self reflection of physical science interactions with the behaviors of humankind. For example, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks illustrated to me that while the intention to promote science and medicine is altruistic, the benefits of resultant outcomes were not equally distributed. More recently, as a mentor as part of an Innovation curriculum If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face gave me a different perspective of communicating STEM topics.

What books have you found to compliment STEM topics that include policy, social science and or science technology society topics?

Valentin Amrhein, Sander Greenland, Blake McShane and more than 800 signatories call for an end to hyped claims and the dismissal of possibly crucial effects of statistical significance:

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00857-9

The biggest argument: “Statistically significant” or “not statistically significant” is too often easily misinterpreted to mean either “the study worked” or “the study did not work.” A “true” effect can sometimes yield a p-value of greater than .05. And we know from recent years that science is rife with false-positive studies that achieved values of less than .05:

There are a number published articles which substantiate above-mentioned views. It has been my personal experience that because of poor and erratic performance of check varieties across replications, LSD gets enhanced and we loose some promising candidate genotypes for ever. It is debatable whether the time has come to totally abandon the concept of statistiscal significance from biological or social science experiments. Dear RG members, you are most welcome to express your opinion.

We organize a panel on Social Sciences and artificial intelligence. We want to raise awareness about the work that social scientists can do in this field. I am waiting for the answers of those who have ideas or advice on this matter.

I want to expand and publish a chapter of my dissertation which focuses on the question of social housing. Does anyone know where I can publish small books regarding social sciences, in particular art and architecture?

I'm looking for any SCOPUS indexed journal to send my article. Social science specifically in education field with minimum waiting period for the acceptance. I did contacted some journal editors based on scopus.com and scimagojr list via email but did not get reply till now. Appreciate your help in suggesting some journals to me. Thanking you in advance.

As an expert in social sciences and social research and an enthusiastic person for immigration for acquiring new experiences, I would like to know which country is the best for social sciences experts for working or immigration? surely everyone knows a social sciences expert, unlike an engineer or lawyer, has not a clear and measurable skill I mean it is completely qualitative thus is there anyone to explain the secret of success in this major in other countries?

I wanted to calculate the probability of one consumer shifting from using a petroleum-fueled vehicle to an electric vehicle. Since my background is in engineering I do not know much about how to measure the consumer willingness to change. Has anybody has the knowledge to measure consumer behavior to change and then kindly explain to me with understandable words?

My study consists of a conceptual framework with seven constructs measured in seven point Likert scale. According to pilot study, only three constructs have Cronbach alpha value more than 0.9 while others remain between 0.7 and 0.8.

After studying Consumer Brand Engagement (CBE) literature (Hollebeek et al 2014) I wonder how to use the CBE scales and what for?

The CBE scales contain usually three dimensions:

Cognitive: Using [brand] gets me to think about [brand].

Affective: I feel very positive when I use [brand].

Activating1: I spend a lot of time using [brand], compared to other [category] brands.

Scholars that use the scales in their studies can get results about what are consumer reactions (natural science?) to particular brands. However they can't study how the brands inspire (social sciences) consumers to transform their value formation practices, can they? It limits the scientific critic of brand values.

I would argue that the consumer-brand engagement concept contains the hidden assumption that consumers choose what is best for them or at least they can rank or order the offers according to the personal preferences. Scholars who use the concept (together with the assumption) don’t study values/principles which are independent of observed individual interactants choices and valuations – they put the values (causes? inspirations?) into the black box in their studies.

The problem is known in economics (the social-science-based economists criticize the natural-science-based economists with different outputs) but not recognized in brand management I suppose.

What do you think?

Literature

Hollebeek L.D., Glynn M.S.. and Brodie R.J. (2014) Consumer Brand Engagement in Social Media: Conceptualization, Scale Development and Validation, Journal of Interactive Marketing 28(2): 149-165

I am making a questionnaire for research purpose.

please give your valuable suggestions.

Thanks.

I have two publications one listed in the web of science master list " European Online Journal of Natural and Social Sciences " ISSN: 1805-3602 and Second " Journal of Managerial Sciences"

Need your advice and suggestions.

Hello everyone,

I need to find a journal that applies discourse analysis, but I am having trouble finding one.

Does anyone have a suggestion on how to look for such journals or maybe even have a specific one in mind?

Thank you very much.

Hello,

I would appreciate it if you could suggest me studies based on natural language processing (NLP) to help assisting medical emergency cases.

The short and to-the-point text is here and I for one gladly co-signed this declaration, just as I also co-signed the balanced approach statement issued in July 2020 by 23 public health experts (http://balancedresponse.ca/open-letter/ ).

https://gbdeclaration.org/

On a related note, I haven't yet seen this excellent paper anywhere on this site, and it is free access:

Stephen Thomson, Eric C Ip, (2020). COVID-19 emergency measures and the impending authoritarian pandemic. Journal of Law and the Biosciences, , lsaa064, https://doi.org/10.1093/jlb/lsaa064

Which is the best book for understanding Social Sciences Statistical analysis tools?

Hello Friends!

I have been in search of best book for understanding and applying social sciences statistical analysis tools. I am new in this field please seniors recommend some best books on the topic.

Thanks

Social desirability and behavioral changes at different spatial and temporal scales are crucial in the study of environmental questions: How to represent the complexity of these phenomena and assess their uncertainty to build a valid socio-ecological model?

Particularly in an agent-based model, how to take into account and represent social desirability and behavioral changes (unconscious or forced) within their decision-making process?

Giorgio Agamben has been influential in critical circles in the social sciences for quite some time now. He has been deeply worried of how the COVID-19 pandemic has been exploited as an opportunity to bring in authoritarianism, totalitarianism, and a new political rationality centered around biosecurity. He decries..."the new paradigm of biosecurity, to which all other exigencies will have to be sacrificed. It is legitimate to ask whether such a society can still be defined as human or whether the loss of sensible relations, of the face, of friendship, of love can be truly compensated for by an abstract and presumably completely fictitious health security".

https://medium.com/@ddean3000/biosecurity-and-politics-giorgio-agamben-396f9ab3b6f4

Are there scholars from within the academic left who have picked up this line of thought to develop it? In my home discipline human geography I've been surprised by the lack of deep criticism (so far!) against the authoritarian management of the pandemic and the brutally quick undermining of hard-won freedoms in the name of a very elastic notion of "safety". This press release describing the situation in August 2020 in Melbourne sent chills down my spine:

https://kyil-extra.com/melbourne-police-state/

The debate in the latest issue of Dialogues in Human Geography didn't strike me as genuinely critical despite the self-professed label of "critical geographer" many of the invited parties espouse. I checked Derek Gregory's blog, since he was instrumental in popularizing Agamben's thoughts in critical geography, but there's no entry on Agamben & COVID-19. Radio silence...

By the way, if an Anglo-American publisher reads this, please consider translating into English Patrick Zylberman's book Tempêtes microbiennes, Gallimard 2013. Agamben praises it highly in the blog entry I linked to above:

"Already in a book published seven years ago, now worth rereading carefully (Tempêtes microbiennes, Gallimard 2013), Patrick Zylberman described the process by which health security, hitherto on the margins of political calculations, was becoming an essential part of state and international political strategies. At issue is nothing less than the creation of a sort of “health terror” as an instrument for governing what are called “worst case scenarios.” It is according to this logic of the worst that already in 2005 the World Health Organization announced “2 to 150 million deaths from bird flu approaching,” suggesting a political strategy that states were not yet ready to accept at the time. Zylberman shows that the apparatus being suggested was articulated in three points: 1) the construction, on the basis of a possible risk, of a fictitious scenario in which data are presented in such a way as to promote behaviors that allow for governing an extreme situation; 2) the adoption of the logic of the worst as a regime of political rationality; 3) the total organization of the body of citizens in a way that strengthens maximum adherence to institutions of government, producing a sort of superlative good citizenship in which imposed obligations are presented as evidence of altruism and the citizen no longer has a right to health (health safety) but becomes juridically obliged to health (biosecurity). What Zylberman described in 2013 has now been duly confirmed".

Hello,

I am seeking recommendations from the Research Gate community regarding studies about

the IT and Artificial intelligence solutions to assisting medical emergency cases.

What are the perspectives and future works that could be done in this area?

Best regards,

Hello, I found a survey about attitude toward language in an article which I find fit to use it in my thesis.

The survey has 30 questions, which were put into 5 factors through factor analysis with varimax solution and were calculated the internal consistency estimate of reliability for each factor.

Items with a minimum eigenvalue of 1.0 and that loaded on a factor at a level of .45 and above were kept; items that loaded on multiple factors at .32 or higher or with little theoretical connections to the factor were deleted

The problem is if I want to use this survey, is there anything I can do to validate or make sure it is reliable. I can only think of giving it a pilot test and calculate cronbach's alpha for each item.

With the appearance of COVID-19 vaccines on the market, many available choices are there.

Which one is good?

Which one is safest?

Which one is most expensive?

Which one is easiest to store?

How many doses are required?

Other than intramuscular injection, any other forms?

How to check immune response after?

Do we need post-injection blood test?

Do we need annual booster dose?

Do we need new vaccines every year by prediction as if flu vaccines?

Any contraindications?

Any allergy from vaccination?

Do we need to mask after injection?

Is the development of computerized advanced information processing technologies, ie technologies typical of the current technological revolution known as Industry 4.0, currently one of the major determinants shaping contemporary philosophical concepts describing the role of science and conducted research?

In some countries over 90 percent. official matters citizens now settle through the Internet at home. Similarly with payments and transfers via the Internet as part of electronic banking. In addition to laptops, tablets, smartphones and smartphones, more and more devices allow access to the Internet. Therefore, more and more devices offer various information services available on the Internet. More and more people use the Internet as the main global information medium. The time spent on reading books decreases and the time spent on browsing information portals and social media portals on the Internet increases. In this way, people's habits and social behaviors change. This situation can also influence the role and importance of science in the modern world.

Do you agree with my opinion on this matter?

In view of the above, I am asking you the following question:

Please reply

I invite you to the discussion

Thank you very much

Best wishes

Yes, in my country, the Scopus indexing base is considered one of the most important. The Scopus database is recognized as the main scientific database for the indexation of scientific publications characterized by high citation. However, on a global scale, the bases of indexing scientific publications recognized in various countries by various centers and scientific institutions are at least a dozen or so. However, these various indexing bases are not usually fully comparable, they are functionally differentiated and thanks to that they are only partially substitutable, but more often they are complementary. The question of complementarity should be developed. Then it will serve the development of scientific research and international cooperation of scientific communities.

In view of the above, I am asking you with the following question: Is the Scopus database recognized in your country as the main database for the indexation of scientific publications?

And if not the Scopus database, which other database of publications and scientific journals is considered the most important in your country?

Do you agree with me on the above matter?

What do you think about this topic?

Please reply.

I invite you to discussion and scientific cooperation.

Thank you very much.

Best wishes.

Dariusz Prokopowicz

Dear all and any,

I have run a mediation analysis on SPSS using the PROCESS extension (model 4). My results don't really make any intuitive sense, where my ID (availability of healthy fast foods, has a negative association between psychosocial determinants in regards to eating healthy fast food options, where theoretically it should either have no association or a positive one.

Im wondering therefore

1) is this an inconsistent mediation / do my mediators act as suppression variables?

2) how would i interpret these in my results section?

3) what I can actually conclude from this?

independent variable: availability of healthy fast foods

dependent variable: intentions to consume healthy fast food options

I have 4 mediators: Cognitive Attitudes (CA), Affective Attitudes (AA) , Capacity PBC, Subjective norms (SN)

RESULTS

my total effect (path c) : negative and significant

path a's (x on m) : CA = negative , non-significant / AA, Capacity PBC, SN = negative & significant

path b's (m on y) : all positive and signifcant

direct effect (path c'): positive and significant

inidrect effects: CA: negative / non sig AA, SN, Capacity PBC : negative, significant

My thesis is due tomorrow, I'm so desperate, PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I would really appreciate it

Could anyone suggest me the Journal in social science for fast publication (Scoups) with some impact factor?

I want to take suggestions to know the main points which should be remembered in any social science research especially in the field of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development

Dear Research Gate Members,

Online Education / Distance Learning and Work From Home (WFH) are the ultimate new realities for many in the world due to Pandemic Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19) spread. In this situation, many organizations and Educational Institutions are practicing “Online Education/Distance Learning and Work From Home (WFH)” now on regular basis. Google ZOOM and Microsoft TEAMS became the top priorities for most of them. Many organizations and Educational Institutions are still thinking to switch the meeting platforms. In this scenario, it’s really important to share your expert opinions and experiences.

Please, share your expert suggestions and/or recommendations on the following question.

Have you observed the improvements in Online Meeting Platforms during COVID-19? In this context, how will you compare Google ZOOM & Microsoft TEAMS?

Thanks & Regards

Hello Seniors!

Please guide me what are the names of the biggest databases of books, journals, conferences, etc for Social Sciences?

There are dozens of databases which are made for a specific field of science. Is there any specific database for Social Sciences like Political Science, International Relations, Sociology?

Thanks in advance.

Dear Research Gate Members,

Nowadays, everyone is talking about the new variant of Corona virus COVID-19 and its affects are alarming throughout the world.

Please, share your expert suggestions on the following question.

What is your expert opinion/experience/suggestion about the new variant of Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19)?

Thanks & Regards

organizational ambidexterity simply talks about explosive and explorative innovation and how can this variable used with different variables i.e. leadership, resources, organization antecedent. this question generally asks about the phenomena in social sciences.

Dear Friends and Colleagues from RG,

I wish You all the best in the New Year. I wish you a successful continuation and successes in scientific work, achieving interesting results of scientific research in the New Year 2019 and I also wish you good luck in your personal life, all the best.

In the New Year, I wish You success in personal and professional life, fulfillment of plans and dreams, including successes in scientific work, All Good.

In the ending year, we often ask ourselves:

Have we successfully implemented our research plans in the ending year? We usually answer this question that a lot has been achieved, that some of the plans a year ago have been realized, but not all goals have been achieved.

I wish You that the Next Year would be much better than the previous ones, that each of us would also achieve at least some of the planned most important goals to be achieved in personal, professional and scientific life.

I wish You dreams come true regarding the implementation of interesting research, I wish You fantastic results of research and effective development of scientific cooperation.

I wish You effective development of scientific cooperation, including international scientific cooperation, implementation of interesting research projects within international research teams and that the results of scientific research are appreciated, I wish You awards and prizes for achievements in scientific work.

I wish You many successes in scientific work, in didactic work and in other areas of your activity in the New Year, and I also wish you health, peace, problem solving, prosperity in your personal life, all the best.

Thank you very much.

Best wishes.

I wish you the best in New Year 2019.

Dariusz Prokopowicz

How an academic CV is structured?

What are the strongest points to be highlighted?.

Specifically for the field of Social Sciences and Humanities

Maestros y maestras del mundo y toda aquella persona que esté interesada en la investigación en ciencias sociales y educativas, ¿Creéis que la investigación está al servicio de la Educación?¿Creéis que los maestros y maestras conocen las investigaciones que se llevan a cabo?

Dear all, suggest the optimal software for measuring causality.

I've been using SPSS for years. I couldn't complain less about it. Lately, I've started reading about R. Theoretically, I got impressed by some of its features. I wonder if anyone tried both of them in any social science discipline and found one of them outsmarts the other in terms of practicality.

Thanks for sharing insights!

Cheers,

Govts. are funding research heavily in different sectors so is in the educational instructions. Every sector is contributing in making life better. But, what you feel about the research-out by humanity and social sciences departments in making the world a better place to live in.

I want to read peer-reviews of published articles of social science concentration. I have understanding of the matter that peer-reviews are not availed at this cause. But I'm still interested about reading the critics. I would also like to receive from anyone personally.

When developing new social science theories, we tend to rely on causal explanations so as to make sense of the reality around us. One can argue that people are natural-born storytellers and therefore we place so much emphasis on causal inferences. My question is whether you can provide any examples of social sciences theories that break this 'linearity bias'? What sort of alternatives to causal/linear/sequential explanations are available to scientists who wish to devise novel social science theories?

In advance thank you to answers.

Is it because of the concept of "confirmation bias" discussed in scientific studies in social psychology, do studies focus on confirmation rather than falsification?

Is that why journal editors or reviewers tend to reject work that falsifies other studies?

What do you think about that?

Hi colleagues,

I wondered if any of you could recommend a book for a student starting out on her PhD. Her subject area is: health, education, training and child protection, so any recommendations in the broad health and social sciences fields would be especially valuable.

Many thanks!

Bernard Gallagher

Pure sciences have been inspiring the social sciences both epistemologically and methodologically for long periods.

Could the opposite happen? Why?

Examples and applications will enrich the discussion.

Many scientists suggest that a good way to analyze the level of innovation in action, generate innovation in financial institutions, eg in banks, is conducting surveys among managers and department directors, departments in these institutions.

How should such surveys be carried out? What method of surveys is the most effective? Do online questionnaire forms are an effective instrument for carrying out surveys?

What other research techniques can be used to investigate the level of innovation in operation, generate innovation in financial institutions?

Please reply

Best wishes

What are the advantages of conducting research in international research teams?

Please, answer, comments.

I invite you to the discussion.

Best wishes

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

Special Collection-Call for Papers 

Management of Resilience in Civil Infrastructure Systems: An Interdisciplinary Approach

Objective: The objective of this special issue is to document scholarly interdisciplinary contributions in the field of resilience, with a specific focus on the engineering managerial issues at the interface of the built environment with social and ecological systems. In particular, we look for interdisciplinary contributions to management of resilience in civil infrastructure systems from other engineering disciplines as well as disciplines such as management, sociology, ecology, political science, psychology, urban sciences, geography, and economics.

Submission information: Authors wishing to submit papers should contact the Guest Editors [Nader Naderpajouh (nnp@rmit.edu.au), Juyeong Choi (jchoi@eng.famu.fsu.edu), and David Yu (davidyu@purdue.edu)] to submit an extended abstract (maximum 800 words) summarizing a proposed submission. The guest editorial team are from the fields of civil and environmental engineering and social sciences, and are encouraging submissions from a range of disciplinary perspectives and using a wide range of quantitative and qualitative methods. The authors are specifically required to highlight the interdisciplinary links and contributions from other fields to the scholarly field of civil engineering. In order to be considered for the special issue, authors should submit extended abstracts by January 31, 2019. The Guest Editors will review submitted proposals upon their receipt and contact authors with invitations to submit full-length articles soon thereafter. Note that in case of earlier submission the review process will start immediately.

Nader Naderpajouh, RMIT University (nnp@rmit.edu.au)

Juyeong Choi, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering  (jchoi@eng.famu.fsu.edu)

David Yu, Purdue University (davidyu@purdue.edu)

Young Hoon Kwak, The George Washington University (kwak@gwu.edu)

Deadline for extended abstract: January 31, 2019

Links:

Has anyone can show me an example of a publication in Social sciences with a moderation model when the predictor is dichotomous and moderator categorical? I already did the analysis, but do not find an example of how to report the results with dummy variables in a model.

Seeking an intake form for the social science/services field, which may be employed to assess client needs. Additionally, any new instrument for conducting community assessments that can determine services needs.

Thanks

Steve

As a researcher, you may be frustrated in finding continuous funding for sustaining your research. However, would there be any conflict of interest to be a researcher as well as a fund raiser simultaneously at the same time?

What regulations are there to limit the grey area?

Which authorities were looking on such issue?

What if the fund raising is for charity organizations in the field (particularly pediatrics and rare diseases) and is unrelated to the researcher's work?

In medicine field, the practice of physicians fundraising from their own patients raises three main concerns:

(1) undue pressure on patients to contribute,

(2) possible expectations of preferential treatment from donors, and

(3) concerns about patient confidentiality and trust.

What do you think?

https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.26948.24966

In the past 15 years or so, there has been exponential growth of technology in surgery. This new era requires a specialized workforce. The 20th century was truly the age of surgeons; however, the 21st century will be the age of multidisciplinary patient care. One good example is the treatment of cancer patients

Are General Surgery trained personnel perform better in other specialties too?

How are their performance on other surgical specialties?

Any evidence to suggest their skill transferability to other disciplines?

http://www.jcmrp.eg.net/text.asp?2020/5/4/375/301045

http://www.jcmrp.eg.net/article.asp?issn=2357-0121;year=2020;volume=5;issue=4;spage=375;epage=378;aulast=L.

Many specialist societies present ‘best poster’ prizes, yet without generally agreed assessment methods. Posters are used widely at medical meetings to present a concise overview of clinical and scientific research, and generally provide a more relaxed environment for exchanging ideas than the crowded auditorium.

Quick scores inevitably reflected posters' presentational qualities rather than scientific merit. An unattractive poster with high scientific merit risked being overlooked on first impression. However, a prize-winning poster should show both presentational and scientific excellence.

Do you have any tips on making an award taking scientific poster?

We're working on a UK-based study of lived experiences during the COVID19 pandemic, looking at knowledge, attitudes, and behaviour. Is anyone else working on social science studies on the pandemic? We'd be keen to link up and share learning, especially with a view to doing some international comparisons a bit further down the line. I'll post a link to our project page below with further information. Thanks!

Yes, it is necessary to change the development strategy based on intensifying the exploitation of the Earth's resources on the sustainable development strategy. It is necessary to develop new energy technologies based on renewable energy sources to slow down the progressing greenhouse effect of the Earth in order to reduce the risk of dramatic natural cataclysms. It is necessary to develop ecological innovations, while it may not be too late. It is necessary to save the Earth through destruction for future generations.

The 21st century is the last moment to introduce global sustainable development based on the development of renewable energy and ecological innovations. Sustainable development should be analyzed and measured in correlation with the analysis of economic growth and the share of individual sectors in the country's economic development, including the transformation of traditional energy sources into renewable energy, environment reclamation and recovery of recyclable materials, and ecological innovations.

I invite you to the discussion

From antiquity, philosophy has given inspiration for the development of other sciences. Some teachings come from specific trends in the history of philosophical thought. Currently, philosophy can give conceptual inspiration for creating new concepts for other sciences and for creating innovative solutions.

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When you start to think of conducting a complex piece of social science or humanities research, how do you structure this? By this what I mean is how do you ensure that all of the aspects (perhaps you call these variables) of the research are included in the design and that their predicted and observed importance (you may call these their effects) are apparent and can be understood?

My question is connected to rather unclear point of error correlation that many scholars encounter while conducting their SEM (structural equation modeling) analysis. It is a pretty often when scholars report procedures of correlating the error terms to enhance the overall goodness of fit for their models. Hermida (2015), for instance, provided an in-depth analysis for such issue and pointed out that there are many cases within social sciences studies when researchers do not provide appropriate justification for the error correlation. I have read in Harrington (2008) that the measurement errors can be the result of similar meaning or close to the meanings of words and phrases in the statements that participants are asked to assess. Another option to justify such correlation was connected to longitudinal studies and a priori justification for the error terms which might be based on the nature of study variables.

In my personal case, I have two items with Modification indices above 20.

lhs op rhs mi epc sepc.lv sepc.all sepc.nox

12 item1 ~~ item2 25.788 0.471 0.471 0.476 0.476

After correlating the errors, the model fit appears just great (Model consists of 5 latent factors of the first order and 2 latent factors of the first order; n=168; number of items: around 23). However, I am concerned with how to justify the error terms correlations. In my case the wording of two items appear very similar: With other students in English language class I feel supported (item 1) and With other students in English language class I feel supported (item 2)(Likert scale from 1 to 7). According to Harrington (2008) it's enough to justify the correlation between errors.

However, I would appreciate any comments on whether justification of similar wording of questions seems enough for proving error correlations.

Any further real-life examples of wording the items/questions or articles on the same topic are also well-appreciated.

What kind of scientific research dominate in the field of globalization?

In developed countries, knowledge-based economies are characterized by the development of information services, and production processes are increasingly determined by the quality of such factors as information, technology, innovations, patents, etc. In addition, analogous standards of telecommunications, transaction, market, financial systems, etc. operate in different countries. Globalization is therefore still progressing.

In connection with the above, the communication, transactional and information aspects of globalization are characterized by a positive meaning. It is referred to as "the Earth as a" global village. "Through more and more modern communication, the global circulation of information is carried out in real time via Internet teleinformation systems.

But not all aspects of globalization have positive aspects.

Please reply. I invite you to the discussion

There are some doubts about the reliability when using sum scores (means) of respondents answers in scientific measurement in social sciences. I agree that summing responses in previously developed scales could lead to unproper results or just too superficial results.

The major difference in SEM (Structural Equation Modeling) is that the loadings from the indicators in the latent variable are different that in sum scores.

What if a scientist theoretically justify the construction of a scale that some indicators (questionnaire responses) are summed?

It would be regarded as a methodological mistake?

If in the process of technological and technical progress new kinds of products and services are created that improve the lives of people, it can be assumed that at certain times people may seem to be happier, then people can feel happier.

But after some time, people get used to a certain level of life and look for further stimuli from the world of science, technology, technology, production of goods, provision of new services that will meet the growing human needs.

However, it seems to me that in such a situation one should consider and verify the essence of the concept of happiness.

What is the achievement of people's sense of happiness in the realities of the current technological revolution, known as Industry 4.0?

Is the definition of the concept of happiness not deformed in the realities of current reality dominated largely by technology in technologically developed countries?

Is it sure that technological progress gives people a sense of happiness?

Technical and technological progress itself provides new products, but it does not necessarily always make people feel happier and certainly not in the long term.

Do you agree with me on the above matter?

In the context of the above issues, the following question is valid:

I invite you to the discussion

Best wishes

Fore instance, the hero is from a working class and another character, in the same novel, is a middle class. I want to study how each character can project his/her class membership.

In this post-millennial world of cosmopolitanism, globalisation, and world literature, one wonders if the present moment isn't the perfect opportunity to take stock of where our interests and priorities lie, what kind of life lessons does a global pandemic have for all of us as a collective entity, and above all how do we respond to something that simply exceeds the limits of any one particular area, region or nation-state? It is also a timely reminder of how we take certain things for granted and in the punishing rush of events, forget to spend quality time with those who matter to us the most, be it family, friends or acquaintances.

Through social distancing, we are paradoxically coming together in an attempt to contain the damage. This is far removed from the world of digital technology and social networking sites where the idea of togetherness also simultaneously exists with a profound sense of boredom, isolation and estrangement. The global economy has come to a veritable standstill and yet for the first time in so many years people are actually realising the merits of altruism and putting the interests of the 'other' before the 'self'. Instant gratification, limited attention span and 'the devil may care' attitude is being decisively supplanted by an increasing concern for the environment, the underprivileged and the future generations.

But above all this crisis is about the dissolution of human pride and an equally important focus on learning humility. It is a reality check to prevent us from taking ourselves too seriously for far too long. The profit-maximising impulse and the fiercely competitive spirit that is now being instilled right from the increasingly commercialised spaces of classrooms to the demanding environs of corporate offices has been rendered frozen by something which is much more pressing, immediate and therefore worthy of attention.

In such a scenario, a moment of pause and reflection never hurts. It gives us a breathing space from the target-oriented lives that we find ourselves in, especially in a country like India where population significantly alters the stakes of job prospects and economic opportunities. And while it is true that the destitute and the daily wage labourers, the rickshaw walas and the domestic helpers bear the worst brunt of this protracted lockdown, it also opens up a rare window of opportunity for those who are in a position of power and privilege to contribute in their own ways toward combating the spectre of hunger and starvation.

Life, as we know it, will never be the same. The haunting memories of these difficult times will always endure while the notion of normalcy and restitution will probably be the most challenging proposition for policy makers. The spirit of resilience and ingenuity that human beings have repeatedly shown right throughout history is for the first time proving to be inadequate. And there lies the rub. An overriding emphasis on empathy which is formed in the crucible of a global crisis could quite easily become a distant memory the moment that threat is successfully diffused.

Self-aggrandisement would once again be at an all-time high. But do we want to spin around in circles and just wait for the next major calamity to once again teach us about wisdom and virtue? Or haven’t we had enough of an eye-opener to realise that it is only by locating oneself in the larger scheme of things and network of relationships that a more desirable and progressive future is possible. To understand this in its proper context, one only needs to imagine a hypothetical situation in which if any pharmaceutical company would have been successful in finding a cure for COVID-19, it would have again been driven by the predictable considerations of personal profit masking itself as public welfare.

So where do we go from here? And how do we reconcile our punishing schedules [an ostensibly stultifying one for many in times of a lockdown] with a profound appreciation for everything precious, beautiful and worthwhile in our lives? What are the bitter truths that we could take in our strides without caring too much about a loss of pride or self-respect? Because after all it is about recognising the priceless merit of the here and now as opposed to the idealistic and the utopian. It is about taking cognisance of both the kids as well as the elderly, the indigent neighbour as well as tenacious doctors and their committed support staff. And last but not the least, it is about practising kindness, compassion, and humility with others that could help us confront our personal demons and eventually exorcise them.

In my next research on interpreting, I am investigating the knowledge, attitudes and practices of interpreters. Is there any reference that explains how KAP is used in qualitative social science research?

Dear researchers,

I’m interested in Bhaskar’s “critical realism”. Could you please recommend me articles (or theses) adopting this paradigm, in economics or social sciences? Kind of application of this paradigm.

Thank you so much.

I am analyzing the data using two instruments i.e. a Questionnaire and Observation (Checklist). A questionnaire used to asked teaching strategies used by the teachers. They rated themselves using Likert scale. But I need to confirm whether they are using teaching strategies for real in classroom. I used observation checklist to confirm it.

Here I have two data set. One is questionnaire in the form of Likert scale and second one is observation checklist.

What statistical tool I use to compare the results and produce the concrete findings of my research.

I have read literature and came into conclusion that chi-square test would be appropriate. I need valuable suggestions that what I need to do?

Usually, the field of science in which we operate is considered particularly important.

It results from our scientific specialization and improvement of research techniques as well as the development of application of results from our scientific research.

However, in addition to the fields of science, the scientific disciplines in which we specialize and conduct research, most scientists function in other fields of science.

Reflections on this subject may be an inspiration for the possible development of scientific research in the field of interdisciplinary combination of various fields of science and the organization of an interdisciplinary research team to carry out new qualitatively interesting research in the future.

Therefore, encouraging discussion, I am asking you the following question: Which field of science, in addition to the one in which you function, you consider particularly important in the 21st century?

Please, answer, comments. I invite you to the discussion.

I wish you the best in New Year 2019. Best wishes

What are the most serious problems of civilization development that should be solved as soon as possible? What are the global problems for which research should be developed and solutions to these problems resolved in 2019 and in subsequent years?

One of such research problems, which should not be postponed for an indefinite future, is the need to develop environment-friendly sustainable economic development in order to slow down the adverse process of global warming.

With the warming of the Earth's climate, the risk of more dramatic climate cataclysms, including tsunamis, increases.

Tsunami may be a derivative of the global warming problem. Global warming generates an increase in climate disasters, including more cases of tsunamis.

But not only is the risk of more violent and more dramatic tsunamis rising. Also in recent years, there has been more other types of climate and natural climate catatics, such as droughts, rainstorms, tornadoes and weather anomalies.

At present, it should no longer be asked whether global warming generates an increase in natural disasters only what rate of growth will be recorded in the future? So many data, research centers confirms the progressing process of global warming, that the problem is unquestionable.

More and more data points to the growing risk of climate change, unfavorable for human and life on the Earth, increase of climate disasters, climatic and weather anomalies, which are the result of global warming, rising average annual temperature near the Earth's surface.

Now we should just ask: How can these adverse processes be counteracted? What ecological technologies, renewable energy sources, how to help natural environments, how to rebuild them, such as afforestation, to build natural ecosystems absorbing greenhouse gases?

How to develop ecological business ventures? How to create financing systems for this type of pro-ecological projects? How to dispel international cooperation in this matter? What actions should be taken to move towards the development of a new ecological green economy?

How to develop environmentally sustainable economic development to slow down the unfavorable warming of the Earth's climate?

Please reply. I invite you to the discussion

I am doing a social science research proposal and I would like to be assisted with useful articles (related research papers) to write my research proposal and which theoretical framework can I use?

Which is more valuable ?

How research differs on terms of problem identification, methods and analysis?

I'm currently writing a paper which I feel might be suited to become a conceptual paper. Am currently reading the attached article for a better idea, but I would really appreciate any examples of conceptual papers that have been published, preferably in social sciences or humanities.

Thank you!

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Hi. Can anyone recommend references (articles, videos, presentations) on structural equation modeling for beginners, particularly applying it to social science researches?

I'm currently looking into entrepreneurs with disabilities and thinking about using SEM.

Thank you!

HI. I am trying to develop a model to see how some factors from three domain of resources- Social, Cognitive, Non-cognitive affects the peoples CP. I have many such latent factors from each of the resources and measured them through test items. I then did EFA of data to identify and validate the factors of each resources separately. Next I did CFA of those latent factors again separately for each resources. Finally i did the path analysis taking all latent factors together to explore how it predict the CP

Its very difficult to explain what i actually mean so i am attaching a part of my data analysis and questions/doubts with this question. Please go through it and help me out. I am very new to statistics so need my fellow researchers'/professors' help.

Thank you.

I am thinking to start working on a few research papers/articles. This question aims to guide me regarding possible future research trends in the field of social sciences, for example in the domains of Development Studies; Conflict, Peace and Development; and Cultural Anthropology.

How do you treat someone who got COVID-19?

How do the media treat people infected?

What do those recovered patient experience?

Please share your views.

It's 99 days since the first case of COVID-19 in Hong Kong, and we are welcoming the 5th days of 0 new cases of COVID-19 following a week of <10 cases per day.

How should we define the end of a local endemic?

How long should the latent period be defined?

When is it safe to resume social activities?

Should territory wide screening of asymptomatic people be done before declaring the end of endemic?

I have a question regarding manipulation checks in field experiments. Can you please share if you have ever done one? Are you aware of any published studies that included one?

Usually, the price to pay for the natural setting of a field experiment is that we give up some control, including (I thought) manipulation checks. But lack of a manipulation check in a field experiment came up recently in a manuscript review and I would love to read and learn more about it. Input from all disciplines (especially social sciences) is welcome! Thanks!

What kind of scientific research dominate in the field of: Sustainable development of a pro-ecological new economy?

What do you think is an important topic for discussion?

In my opinion, important questions concern the need to develop ecological and energy innovations that in the 21st century, economies should achieve sustainable development taking into account the dwindling resources and the development of civilizations and the negative effects of this development on the natural environment.

Please reply. I invite you to the discussion

There is always a conflict between the Pure Sciences & Social Sciences about which is more releant. How do we resolve this?

Good afternoon dear researchers! If you're aware of any articles using PLS-SEM methodology, about residents' perception of tourism development during SARS, Ebola, H1N1 or COVID-19 outbreak, please, feel free to share with me! Thank you all in advance!

is this journal okay

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) .

There are number of registration bodies for medical and health sciences systematic reviews e.g. PROSPERO. Is there any for the education, technology or any of social science domain.

Thank you

I often hear from friends negative things about academia, its boring, not connected to reality etc. I have been on and off in academia for 25 years but for the most part I have been in the real world, running businesses and working as a business consultant. I can still feel that in academia there is at least in my field a theoretical knowledge but still people doesn't understand how the real world operates. After university I felt like I knew everything, I knew Kotler backwards and forwards and all the theories..it felt like any way but when I started my first business (during my university years) I felt like I had to relearn everything. This lack of connection to reality was a problem for me and it is something I hear a lot for other business people. "Academics know nothing! ",one friend said and he has a Phd! Perhaps this illustrates the problem?

I guess it is the same in many fields..academia is seen as dry and not connected to the real world. What can be done about this or can anything be done? How do you view your education in relation to your working life? Do you feel your education was relevant? For me...not so much. Later I started to teach and do research but I still have this feeling. How do you feel about academia and the real world? Is academia part of the world we live in or just some "other place"..your thoughts?

Best wishes Henrik

Apart from the nursing or medical field, preferably in agriculture, economics or social sciences, is it advisable to analyse data collected by semi-structured interviews using the qualitative content analysis?