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SOCIAL SCIENCES AND THE CHALLENGE OF MEASURABILITY

Author(s): Tibor Várady
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Philosophy, Social Sciences
Published by: Институт друштвених наука
Keywords: social sciences; measurability; number of citations; objective standards; adjustment to standards
Summary/Abstract: Objective standards have been gaining more and more ground within the realm of social sciences – just as within the process of evaluation of the results achieved in this realm. This line of development has had many positive yields, but it also has results that need critical investigation and controlling. The question arises whether everything what is being measured can, indeed, be measured. One also needs to investigate, what incentives (and what temptations) are generated by specific objective standards of measurement. The question also arises whether objective standards (and numbers in particular) will always just assist in perceiving reality, or whether they may also replace reality.

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