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Malgrado a definição do quê seria uma técnica específica versus as mais comumente empregadas¹, vale a pena ver a task view Social Sciences no CRAN!
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[1] Citando diretamente do link sugerido: «
Social scientists use a wide range of statistical methods, most of which are not unique to the social sciences. Indeed, most statistical data analysis in the social sciences is covered by the facilities in the base and recommended packages, which are part of the standard R distribution. In the package descriptions below, I identify base and recommended packages on first mention; packages that are not specifically identified as "R-base" or "recommended" are contributed packages.
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