Behavioural categories Flashcards
1
Q
What are behavioural categories?
A
-organising behaviours being observed into categories to tally
2
Q
What is Event sampling?
A
-observer watches and records all instances of behaviour during an event
3
Q
What is time sampling?
A
-Observer records behaviour at set intervals of time
4
Q
Evaluation of Behavioural categories
A
-makes data more objective -fact
-difficult to separate categories on what is needed
5
Q
strengths of time sampling
A
-accurate results for time frame
6
Q
weakness of time sampling
A
-not representative as behaviours could be missed
7
Q
strengths of event sampling
A
-behaviour will not be missed
8
Q
weaknesses of event sampling
A
reduced reliability it is difficult to record everything and could not be repeated
