A Methodologocal Survey of Ph.D. Dissertations in the Departments of Political Science and International Relations at University of Tehran

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his article seeks to examine general scientific research methodologically through surveying Ph.D. dissertations in the departments of Political Science and International Relations at university of Tehran. The author tries to shed light on the way scientific method is being used in these dissertations. By doing this, the article seeks to propose some criteria which can be utilized by scholars in social sciences generally and in Political Science and International Relations particularly in order to evaluate researches being done by others.The article concludes with suggesting 10 criteria for scientific evaluation of researches in social sciences.

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