Topics in Quantitative Sociology
Fall 2020 ENSAE
What is science, how do we do it and how does sociology fit in?
Background readings
Watts, 2017, NHB, "Should social science be more solution-oriented?"
Cole, 1994, SF, "Why Sociology Doesn't Make Progress like the Natural Sciences"
Lieberson & Lynn, 2002, ARS, "Barking up the wrong branch: Scientific alternatives to the current model of sociological science"