Computers and the Social Sciences An Overview: TYPES OF COMPUTER USE THE SOCIAL SETTING INVENTION AND PRODUCTION WHOLESALING THE RETAILING PROCESS CONSUMING SOCIAL SCIENCE COMPUTER RESOURCES RETAILING AND CONSUMPTION PATTERNS SOCIAL SCIENCE APPLICATIONS AREAS EXPERIMENTAL CONTROL AND DATA COLLECTION DATA MANAGEMENT AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS SIMULATION BIBLIOGRAPHIC SEARCHING AND INFORMATION RETRIEVAL OTHER RESEARCH USES COMPUTER-BASED INSTRUCTION WHAT'S NEXT? INVENTION PRODUCTION, DISSEMINATION, AND CONSUMPTION CURRENT TECHNOLOGY NOTE REFERENCES

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This issue of American Behavioral Scientist seeks to provide an overview of the ways in which computers are used in the social sciences. Its main orientation is to the disciplines of psychology, sociology, political science, anthropology, economics, and education. But the articles and the issues they raise are equally important to biology and the life sciences, linguistics and speech, public administration and business management, and to geography and others.