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cliometrics

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cli·o·met·rics  (kl-mtrks)
n. (used with a sing. verb)
The study of history using economic models and advanced mathematical methods of data processing and analysis.
[Clio + -metrics.]
clio·metric adj.
clio·me·trician (-m-trshn) n.
cliometrics [ˌklaɪəʊˈmɛtrɪks]
n
(Economics) (functioning as singular) the study of economic history using statistics and computer analysis
[Clio + (econo)metrics]
cliometric , cliometrical adj
cliometrician  [ˌklaɪəʊməˈtrɪʃən] n
cliometrics
the application of mathematics, especially statistics, to the study of history. — cliometrician, n.
See also: History


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Different fashions became more influential for a short or sometimes longer period, for instance cliometrics and anthropological history.
Gaining ground by van der Linden, Marcel / Journal of Social History
Moscow, "Charity and the Bequest Motive: Evidence from Seventeenth Century Wills," Paper given at the 36th Annual Cliometrics Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, May 17-19, 1996.
DEATH AND THE TRANSFER OF WEALTH: BEQUEST PATTERNS AND CULTURAL ... by Pammer, Michael / Journal of Social History
Postmodernism, in Evans' view sallied forth with great expectations of redefining history, but is simply another approach - like cliometrics, social history and oral history - which confronted the world of historical scholarship, only to became recognized specialisms that have added their mite to the increasing diversity and fragmentation of the discipline.
In Defence of History by Munro, Doug / Journal of Social History
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