Sentences with phrase «used social science theory»

The original CIF model used social science theory to predict how the behavior of one «agent» would affect how other agents viewed it.

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Originally derived from economics, rational choice theory is now used across the social sciences to explain human behavior as a self - interested, choice - making affair.

A study published in 2003 in the journal Science laid the foundation for the theory that social pain — resulting from rejection, isolation or loss — piggybacks on the brain systems used to represent physical pain.

«This data is really gold because it will help people understand the psychology of the Middle East and use it for training that's grounded in real data, not just American social science theories.»

Mobile Phones: The Sensei Way to Weight Loss Originally launched in November, 2007, Weight Loss Sensei is among the first «intelligent applications» available based on Social Cognitive Theory and the science of behavioral informatics — the use of technology to promote behavior change.

While CAGW skeptics might at first blush celebrate the possibility of a single, non-climate related, non-partisan, science - based theory that explains the whole complex range of CAGW's social characteristics, acceptance of this theory also requires acceptance of a couple of pretty uncomfortable truths, and the ditching of at least one touchstone used by many (but by no means all) climate change skeptics.

This insight is based in part on my own empirical research on legal education and the legal academy, which is primarily housed at and funded by the American Bar Foundation, on legal education and the legal academy.5 In this Article, I will also draw on several current examples of law schools that incorporate social science into legal training, using them to illustrate how interdisciplinary research can bridge theory and practice for lawyers and the legal profession.

We want to use the descriptive component of this research without necessarily focusing on the social science theory and methodology.

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Learners critically analyze and evaluate the methods used to develop social science theory as a precursor to examining and applying the scientific method.

She has technical expertise in a wide range of statistical techniques used in the social sciences, including structural equation modeling, confirmatory factor analysis and MIMIC approaches to measurement, path modeling, regression analysis (e.g., linear, logistic, Poisson), latent class analysis, hierarchical linear models (including growth curve modeling), latent transition analysis, mixture modeling, item response theory, as well as more commonly used techniques drawing from classical test theory (e.g., reliability analysis through Cronbach's alpha, exploratory factor analysis, uni - and multivariate regression, correlation, ANOVA, etc).