Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 17:24:37 +0100 From: Jan Straathof <janstr-AT-chan.nl> Subject: Re: BHA: cr and social science Hi Ruth, you wrote: >So: experimentation is impossible in social science. hmm, interseting, but i've never read Bhaskar as implying such; i've always understood that the techniques of social science are not only (passive) observation and (statistical) data gathering, but also (active) experimental and quasi-experimental reseach designs, inwhich certain (sociale) variables are deliberately maniputated e.g. in simulations and gaming-techniques; for me experimentation is not related to open or closed systems, it can be applied in both. [and, who says that we can control and maniputate *all* variables in a perfectly closed but very complex system ?] yours, Jan --- from list bhaskar-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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