TY - BOOK AU - Kruskal,William ED - University of Chicago. TI - The Social sciences, their nature and uses: papers presented at the 50th anniversary of the Social Science Research Building, the University of Chicago, December 16-18, 1979 SN - 0226454991 : AV - H22 .S73 1982 U1 - 300 19 PY - 1982/// CY - Chicago PB - University of Chicago Press KW - Social sciences KW - Congresses N1 - Includes bibliographies and index; Are social problems problems that social science can solve? / Herbert A. Simon -- Effects of credentials, connections and competence on income / Paul E. Peterson -- Individual experience and cultural order / Marshall D. Sahlins -- Choice in eh spending of time / Mary Jean Bowman -- Prudent aspirations for social inquiry / Lee J. Cronbach -- Response to lecture by Professor Cronbach / Philip E. Converse -- Policy, research, and political theory / James S. Coleman -- The citizen and the scholar / Barry D. Karl -- Distortions of economic research / Theodore W. Schultz -- Federal support in the social sciences / Richard C. Atkinson -- Discrepancies between concepts and their measurements / Norman M. Bradburn -- The impact of the polls on national leadership / Philip E. Converse ER -