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DOING GOOD WELL: The Use of Quantitative Social Science Data in Advocacy Proceedings
Author(s) -
BERK RICHARD A.,
OPPENHEIM JERROLD
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
law and policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.534
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1467-9930
pISSN - 0265-8240
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9930.1979.tb00183.x
Subject(s) - quality (philosophy) , political science , engineering ethics , range (aeronautics) , sociology , public relations , epistemology , engineering , philosophy , aerospace engineering
When social scientists participate in advocacy proceedings as expert witnesses, they find themselves subjected to pressures beyond those of scientific quality. This paper considers a range of problems when the demands of scientific merit interact with the exigencies of vigorous advocacy and suggests some rough guidelines for expert testimony.