The average price of gas in San Francisco is typically much higher than the U.S. average. According to gasbuddy.com, the average price for a gallon of gas in March 2015 was $3.37 in San Fran, compared to a national average of $2.43. Thatâs a 38% difference.
social science. noun. 1. the study of society and of the relationship of individual members within society, including economics, history, political science, psychology, anthropology, and sociology.
In a wider sense, social science also includes some fields in the humanities such as anthropology, archaeology, jurisprudence, history, and linguistics. The term is also sometimes used to refer specifically to the field of sociology, the original 'science of society', established in the 19th century. Positivist social scientists use methods resembling those of the natural sciences as tools for understanding society, and so define science in its stricter modern sense.