Fuzzy definitions mar social science.

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  • Author(s): GUPTA, SUJATA (AUTHOR)
  • Source:
    Science News. 11/19/2022, Vol. 202 Issue 9, p10-11. 2p.
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    • Subject Terms:
      DEFINITIONS; SOCIAL scientists; SOCIAL conflict; MIDDLE class; DWARF planets; SUBURBS; HEARING impaired children
    • Abstract:
      Sometimes researchers simply assume that their definition of a key concept is the definition. "While no suburban definition will be perfect, standardization would increase understanding of how suburban studies relate to each other", the Harvard researchers wrote in that suburbia paper. [Extracted from the article]
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