Observational Design Flashcards

1
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unstructured and structured

A

researcher records everything (unstructured) or controls what is recorded (structured)

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2
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behavioural categories

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target behaviours broken down into observable components

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3
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sampling methods

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continuous
event sampling- count events
time sampling- count at timed intervals

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4
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unstructured and structured evaluation

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unstructured- more info but may be too much, qualitative data harder to analyse
structured- may miss behaviours

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5
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behaviour categories evaluation

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must be observable
avoid dustbin category
no overlap

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6
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sampling methods evaluation

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event- useful for infrequent behaviour, may miss complexity
time- less effort but may not represent whole behaviour

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