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Most of the other social sciences in fact shy away from pure mathematical theory and try to hold on to their "science" status by being extremely empiricist and overly reliant on statistics. For our purposes, that would describe econometrics.

Disciplines that don't have the luxury of quantitative data where statistics can be applied (say, cultural anthropology as opposed to physical anthropology) fall under humanities, I guess, not social science.

En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Dec 22nd, 2009 at 05:24:33 AM EST
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The correct phrase for economics is Public Relations - as above.

Just because something looks algorithmic and has numbers in it doesn't mean that the algorithms are meaningful, interesting, or useful.

The entire NCE project was, is, and continues to be, PR and political spin.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Tue Dec 22nd, 2009 at 05:29:35 AM EST
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