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Video

http://www.cc.com/video-clips/mzut29/the-colbert-report-sudhir-venkatesh

This short clip from The Colbert Report is an interview with sociologist Sudhir Venkatesh, discussing his book Gang Leader for a Day, an ethnography of a Chicago gang. In it, he discusses some of the different uses of observational methods versus other kinds of methods.

https://www.wimp.com/how-attached-are-cats-to-their-owners/

This is a short video of a series of experiments on attachment, featuring dogs, cats, and children. It can be used to illustrate the ideas of measurement and operationalization, as it demonstrates a complex way to measure the concept of “attachment.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmDV8QSpu5E

Singer-songwriter Dar Williams playing her song “Buzzer,” about the Milgram experiments, highlights how participation in research with questionable ethics can affect participants afterwards.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5dQIphESAk

Sociologist Matthew Desmond discusses his research on the low-income housing market and evictions in Milwaukee at the First-Year Experience conference.

https://www.census.gov/library/video/nation_through-decades.html

This video is an introduction to the history and Constitutional role of the Census, including some discussion of how the Census has changed over time.