Sotsiaalteaduslike

Sotsiaalteaduslike is an Estonian adjective meaning related to the social sciences or employing social-science methods. The form sotsiaalteaduslike is the inflected plural/genitive form used to modify a noun in plural or in the genitive, for example sotsiaalteaduslike meetodite (social-science methods) or sotsiaalteaduslike uurimuste (social-science studies). The root sotsiaalteadus- combines social and science with the suffix -lik, which yields an adjective describing affinity to or relation with social sciences.

In usage, the term signals content, approaches, or data grounded in the social sciences rather than the natural or exact sciences. It is common in academic writing, policy analysis, and media discussions when referring to research questions, theories, or methods that draw on disciplines within the social sciences.

The social sciences encompass a range of fields, including sociology (sotsioloogia), anthropology (antropoloogia), psychology (psühholoogia), economics or majandusteadus/ökonoomika, political science (poliitikateadus or poliitikateadus), geography (geograafia), and criminology (kriminoloogia). Sotsiaalteaduslike studies typically employ qualitative methods (kvalitatiivsed meetodid), quantitative methods (kvantitatiivsed meetodid), or mixed methods, with aims to understand social behavior, institutions, inequalities, and policy outcomes.