Why fuzzy definitions are a problem in the social sciences

I’ve covered the field for Science News since 2019. It’s enough to drive this reporter to despair

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What constitutes a suburb, or the middle class? Social scientists often define these and other terms in markedly different ways, leading to a maze of confusing or contradictory findings.

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