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  • noun Attributive form of social science

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Examples

  • "The pattern of disappointing results for our 12th-graders' performance across all three social-science subjects should be of great concern," said David Driscoll, chairman of the National Assessment Governing Board.

    Don't Know Much About Geography: Test Results Out Stephanie Banchero 2011

  • Does the fact that he has turned his attention to social-science and neuroscience discoveries—in his New York Times column, "Charlie Rose" appearances and now "The Social Animal"—tell us anything about the market for such ideas?

    The Mind Readers Christopher F. Chabris 2011

  • The social-science evidence is in: though it may benefit the adults involved, the dissolution of intact two-parent families is harmful to large numbers of children.

    Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off 2009

  • Mr. Akst has spent time with the social-science literature and presents evidence, in an accessible way, that our lapses are not foreordained.

    Saying Yes to Saying No Meghan Clyne 2011

  • The social-science evidence is in: though it may benefit the adults involved, the dissolution of intact two-parent families is harmful to large numbers of children.

    Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off 2009

  • "Secret Thoughts" is written in a breezy, just-between-us-gals style, and Ms. Young sometimes sounds like a Cosmo girl with a social-science degree.

    Having It All, Including Doubt Melanie Kirkpatrick 2011

  • A grandstanding politician could easily ­denounce the entire study—or the entire enterprise of social-science research—as a massive waste of money on the basis of "discoveries" like these.

    Knowing What Isn't So Christopher F. Chabris 2011

  • Did your social-science research include EVERYONE who has ever attended Harvard?

    Think Progress » Fox Cuts Away From Obama-GOP Conversation In Order To Get A Head Start On Attacks: He Was ‘Lecturing’ 2010

  • The zoot suit caused something of an intellectual riot as well—a cacophony of social-science theorizing on the meaning, semiotics and politics of the style.

    Hep Cats, Street Fights Eric Felten 2011

  • To make their case, Messrs. Gerzema and D 'Antonio draw on social-science data and their own reporting, relating anecdotes from burned-out Detroit, hardscrabble Texas, rural New England and hip Los Angeles.

    Business Ted Malloch 2010

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