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Usable Knowledge, Social Science and Social Problem Solving
Abstract
An agenda of basic questions about the impact of social science and research on real life problems. How social scientists are often crippled by a misunderstanding of their own trade.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Lindblom, C. E., Cohen, D. K., & Warfield, J. N.
- Venue
- IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics
- Published
- 1980-05
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 281-281
- ISSN
- 0018-9472 (ISSN-L)
- 2168-2909
- OpenAlex
- W2053122258
- Cited by
- 1,070
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 198.29
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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- Lindblom, C. E., Cohen, D. K., & Warfield, J. N. (1980). Usable Knowledge, Social Science and Social Problem Solving. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics. https://doi.org/10.1109/tsmc.1980.4308493
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