Sociologists are usually interested in larger social contexts, but the measurements they use are sometimes too inaccurate and vague to capture what they proclaim. As a result, scholars can give different causal explanations to the same coefficient of a variable, and there is hardly any critical test for the competing hypotheses.
Economists are good at getting consistent estimates, while sometimes miss the big picture, but focusing on technical manipulations.
Certainly the best sociologists and economists can balance the two components of research.
Economists are good at getting consistent estimates, while sometimes miss the big picture, but focusing on technical manipulations.
Certainly the best sociologists and economists can balance the two components of research.
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