重构社会研究的逻辑——基于受控比较视角下的社会科学方法探索

Reconstruction of the Logic of Social Research—A Study about Social Sciences Methods Based on Comparison Under Control

本文以社会科学研究中的因果关系讨论作为逻辑起点,指出受控比较是探寻因果关系的重要思维,而实验法则是受控比较中的一种特殊类型。文章指出,实验法所展示的受控比较思维在自然科学和社会科学领域中均有体现,与前者相比,实验法在后者的应用相对要复杂得多。其它几类社会研究方法与实验法的目的都在于寻找真实的因果关系,因此受控比较可以作为我们评价各类方法效果优劣的共同平台。

This paper points out that comparison under control is important thought exploring causality based on discussion about causality in social science research.The article indicates that natural science and social science all show the same comparison under control from experiment.The experiment will be complex in social science compared with natural science.Social scientists search true causality using other social research methods and experiment.Therefore,kinds of social research methods can be tested according to comparison under control.