Social Research Methods
Social Research Methods
Armin Trost
#04 Measurement
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Things we don't see but still translate into numbers
In social science we need TO measure variables. Those variables relate to theoretical concepts, which we can’t see. They are intangible and we do not even know whether or not they really exist. Measurement is always based on certain assumptions, which might be wrong.
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