Setting, Variable, Analysis, Observation: A Forest Analogy to Social Research

In this video for an undergraduate social research methods course at the University of Maine at Augusta, we take a walk through the woods to consider the important distinctions between setting, independent variable, dependent variable, unit of analysis and unit of observation. What's good for studying a stand of trees is good for studying a society.

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Loved the walk in the woods. Thank you for making abstract concepts easy to apply to concrete objects!