Resource Guide for the Social Sciences

A field guide for teaching evolution in the social sciences

Article history: Initial receipt 22 January 2017 12 January 2018 Final revision received 19 January 2018 Available online xxxx The theory of evolution by natural selection has begun to revolutionize our understanding of perception, cognition, language, social behavior, and cultural practices. Despite the centrality of evolutionary theory to the social sciences, many students, teachers, and even...

Study Guide for Essentials of Statistics for the Social and Behavioral Sciences

Step 1. Choose the width (i) of the class intervals. First, find the range of scores by subtracting the lowest score in your distribution from the highest, and adding one (i.e., range = highest score lowest score + 1). Then divide the range by a convenient class width (a multiple of 5, or a number less than 5, if appropriate), and round up if there is any fraction, to find the number of interva...

Controversies in the evolutionary social sciences: a guide for the perplexed.

It is 25 years since modern evolutionary ideas were first applied extensively to human behavior, jump-starting a field of study once known as 'sociobiology'. Over the years, distinct styles of evolutionary analysis have emerged within the social sciences. Although there is considerable complementarity between approaches that emphasize the study of psychological mechanisms and those that focus o...

Social Consideration in the Creativity: Resource Orientation

The Navigation Guide: Systematic Review for the Environmental Health Sciences

For decades the field of clinical science has used systematic review methods to integrate research findings and present the results in a consistent and unbiased manner to support health-protective recommendations. An interdisciplin-ary team of clinical and environmental health scientists has now adopted principles of systematic review and applied them to the environmental health sciences in a f...