title: The Kelvin dictum and social science: an excursion into the history of an idea.
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Merton
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Sills
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Stigler
mesh_terms: D003710:Demography; D049711:History, Modern 1601-; D013223:Statistics as Topic / Q000266:history*; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D006113:United Kingdom