Which is a better social science sociology or anthropology? why?

Question

Which is a better social science sociology or anthropology? why?

Answer 1

Personally I like anthropology better.  My experience with sociology is limited, and I may have had a bad teacher.  In Sociology, the data collection seemed to be skewed did not take other variables into consideration.  Also, I felt a lot of data collection was based on surveys (any form of asking people what they think or do).  I never trust what people say, I think people lie.  Observation is a much better way of data collection.  

My college had a really good anthropology program.  I was bio anth, so these classes were all science based.  Also, my cultural classes were taught by anthropologists that were big on field work and really understood the cultures that they focused on.  They really worked to try to get us to understand conflicts around the world.  

There is an ideology in Anthropology I do not agree with, Post Modernism.  The postmodernist do not believe science has a role in anthropology.  They make claims and use the data they find to support their hypothesis without taking into account data that does not support their hypothesis.  I feel this is skewed and irresponsible, and have less respect for this branch of anthropology than others.

Answer 2

Oh, they are about equally bad. Why? Because they are ideologically driven in many of their findings. If the facts do not fit the ideology, then the facts must go. Try that in science and you have strong peer review that will catch you out. In social science, it is not peer review, but peer consensus that counts.

Answer 3

Anthropology because it is holistic and comparative.

Answer 4

It's like asking, which is better, apples or oranges?

Answer 5

sociology

Answer 6

Neither.  Unless you want to think that everything in the world has to be graded better or worse.

But maybe you can answer this question:  Which is a better science, biology or chemistry?  This question makes about as much sense as yours.

The real answer:  Each adds to the other.