SAGE Video - Social Research: The Importance of Measurement

Name: Social Research: The Importance of Measurement
Uploaded: 2017-02-15
Duration: 5 min 7 s
Description: Dana E. Hunt discusses some challenges in behavior measurement. Drawing on her own research into substance abuse and criminal behavior, Hunt explains that communication barriers, narrow time frames, and context can all throw off attempts to measure behavior.

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  Hunt, D. E. (Practitioner). (2014). Social research: the importance of measurement [Video]. SAGE Knowledge. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781506366388
  
  Hunt, Dana E. "Social Research: The Importance of Measurement." In SAGE Video. : SAGE Publications, Inc., 2014. Video, 00:05:07. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781506366388.
  
  Hunt, D. E., 2014. Social Research: The Importance of Measurement, SAGE Video. [Streaming Video] London: SAGE Publications Ltd. Available at: <https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781506366388 & gt; [Accessed 11 Aug 2022].
  
  Hunt, Dana E. Social Research: The Importance of Measurement. Online video clip. SAGE Video. London: SAGE Publications, Ltd., 15 Feb 2017. doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781506366388. 11 Aug 2022.
  
  Social Research: The Importance of Measurement [Streaming video]. 2014. doi:10.4135/9781506366388. Accessed 08/11/2022
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Dana E. Hunt discusses some challenges in behavior measurement. Drawing on her own research into substance abuse and criminal behavior, Hunt explains that communication barriers, narrow time frames, and context can all throw off attempts to measure behavior.