Other professional occupations in social science

The following is a summary of main duties for some occupations in this group:

Anthropologists:

• Do studies of the origin, development and functioning of human societies and cultures and of human evolution, changing physical characteristics and geographical distribution

Archaeologists:

• Study artifacts (objects and structures) to reconstruct past economic, social, political and intellectual life

Geographers:

• Study and analyze the spatial distribution and interrelationship of physical, biological, cultural and social patterns

Historians:

• Do research into one or more phases or aspects of past human activity and interpret and document findings

Linguists:

• Study the origin, structure and development of languages and apply linguistic theory to problems in teaching, translation and communications

Political scientists:

• Do research into the theory, origin, development, interrelationships and functioning of political institutions, political movements and individual political behaviour

Psychometricians:

• Develop psychological tests, scales and measures
• May give and interpret such tests, scales and measures
• Give and score psychological tests, usually under the supervision of a registered psychologist

Sociologists:

• Study the development, structure, social patterns and relationships within human society

Special duties

Specialization usually exists within each of these occupations. Other social science professionals included in this group specialize in particular areas of social sciences and humanities disciplines. These include:

• Criminologists (specialists in the study of crime and criminals)
• Gerontologists (specialists in the phenomena and problems of aging)
• Graphoanalysts (specialists in handwriting analysis)

Earnings is income that workers receive in exchange for their labour. Depending on the type of employment, earnings can be in the form of wages (hourly), salaries (fixed monthly or annual) or self-employed earnings.