Editing Human variability (section)

===Scientific===
Measurement of human variation can fall under the purview of several scholarly disciplines, many of which lie at the intersection of [[biology]] and [[statistics]]. The methods of [[biostatistics]], the application of statistical methods to the analysis of biological data, and [[bioinformatics]], the application of information technologies to the analysis of biological data, are utilized by researchers in these fields to uncover significant patterns of variability.{{cn|date=April 2021}} Some fields of scientific research include the following:

[[Demography]] is a branch of statistics and sociology concerned with the statistical study of populations, especially humans. A [[demographic analysis]] can measure various metrics of a population, most commonly metrics of size and growth, diversity in culture, ethnicity, language, religious belief, political belief, etc. [[Biodemography]] is a subfield which specifically integrates biological understanding into demographics analysis.<ref name = grants>[http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-12-078.html Department of Health and Human Services]</ref>

In the [[social sciences]], [[social research]] is conducted and collected data is analyzed under statistical methods. The methodologies of this research can be divided into [[qualitative research|qualitative]] and [[quantitative research|quantitative]] designs. Some example subdisciplines include:

* [[Anthropology]], the study of human societies.<ref>{{cite web | title=What is Anthropology? | url=http://www.aaanet.org/about/whatisanthropology.cfm | publisher=[[American Anthropological Association]] | access-date=10 November 2016}}</ref>  Comparative research in [[Anthropology#Fields|subfields of anthropology]] may yield results on human variation with respect to the subfield's topic of interest.
* [[Psychology]], the study of behavior from a mental perspective. Does a lot of experiments and analysis grouped into quantitative or qualitative research methods.
* [[Sociology]], the study of behavior from a social perspective. [[Sociology#Research methodology|Sociological research]] can be conducted in either quantitative or qualitative formats, depending on the nature of data collected and the [[Sociology#Scope and topics|subfield of sociology]] under which the research falls. Analysis of this data is subject to quantitative or qualitative methods.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/sociology-for-dummies-cheat-sheet.html | title=Sociology for Dummies Cheat Sheet}}</ref> [[Computational sociology]] is also a method of producing useful data for studies of social behavior.<ref name="MW">{{cite journal|doi=10.1146/annurev.soc.28.110601.141117|title=From Factors to Actors: Computational Sociology and Agent-Based Modeling |first1=Michael W. |last1=Macy |first2=Robert |last2=Willer |journal=Annual Review of Sociology |volume=28 |pages=143–166 |jstor=3069238|year=2002}}</ref>