Hard and soft science
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Hard science and soft science are colloquial terms often used when comparing
fields of academic research or scholarship, with hard meaning perceived as
being more scientific, rigorous, or accurate. Fields of the natural,
physical sciences, or computing sciences are often described as hard, while
the social sciences and similar fields are often described as soft.[1] The
hard sciences are characterized as relying on experimental, empirical,
quantifiable data, relying on the scientific method, and focusing on
accuracy and objectivity.[2] Publications in the hard sciences such as
natural sciences make heavier use of graphs than soft sciences such as
sociology, according to the graphism thesis.
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