What math do you need for social science? Calculus, real analysis,

>>8426125
social science?

applied statistics. math for liberal arts. that's about it.

That's pretty much it, but most of this is used in econ and barely touched upon in other social sciences.

>>8426125
All you really need to do proper social science is a firm understanding of basic applied statistics (and of course all the basic prerequisite math to learn stats).

You don't need anything fancy, just enough to draw accurate conclusions from data

>>8426131
It's enough to get the degree, but not enough to actually be useful.

>>8426125
Computer science (e.g. Hopcroft/Ullman), machine learning (e.g., Norvig)

Despite the humanists' protests, you can learn a lot about how people make decisions by studying formal models of decision making.

t. economist (by degree)

>>8426190
Try to convince those geniuses at /his/.

>>8426216
Nah, too much effort for too little reward.
Why would I want to trap myself on a local optimum?

Flags and standards use to be embroided. Women are so stupid

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How do we make social science great again?

>>8427344
By selecting better students and kicking the SJWs and brainlets out.

>>8427526
But it's the proffs that deluding the students mind

>>8426125
Today? None. All the statistical data is being done by software so most students dont know what is going on but which formula to use. I know this because I got a degree in it.

>>8427664
You still need to figure out which formula or algorithm or whatever to use. And no, just doing a t-test every time won't do.

>>8427675
Yes but I wouldnt classify it as math knowledge.

>>8427703
If you don't know the math, you won't be able to make an informed decision.