Personal Investigation 2 Flashcards
What was personal investigation 2?
A non-participant observation of mobile phone use.
What is a non-participant observation?
When the observer does not pretend to be a participant, and observes from a distance.
What were the operationalised variables of this investigation?
IV (Mobile phone usage): Communicating - texting, calling, sending videos/TikToks
Scrolling - watching videos, scrolling on TikTok, Instagram, etc.
DV (Setting): Alone - sat or stood with no other people/by themself
Group - sat or stood with one or more people.
What was your operationalised alternative hypothesis for this investigation?
There will be a significantly higher amount of scrolling in those who are alone compared to those who are in groups.
Is your alternative hypothesis directional or non-directional?
Directional
What was you operationalised null hypothesis?
There will be no significant difference in mobile phone usage (scrolling or communicating) in those who are alone or in groups. Any difference will be due to chance.
What were the main characteristics of your sample group?
Number: 20 participants
Other features: all students in Bilborough college
What observational sampling technique did you use?
Time sampling
Justify your choice of observational sampling technique.
Made it easier to observe behaviour, as if someone was on their phone continuously, this would make event sampling difficult.
What were your procedures in this investigation?
- Draw a table to note down a tally of communication vs scrolling for those alone and in groups.
- Walk around social areas in college and find those that were alone (stood or sat by themselves) or in a group (stood or sat with one or more people). Stand 2 metres away from them.
- Observe each participant for 3 minutes. Look at participants every 60 seconds and tally whether they are scrolling or communicating on their phone.
- Once 3 minutes of observation time is up, move on and find different participants to observe. Repeat for 20 participants.
What was the first step of your procedures?
Draw a table to note down a tally of communication vs scrolling for those alone and in groups.
What was the second step of your procedures?
Walk around social areas in college and find those that were alone (stood or sat by themselves) or in a group (stood or sat with one or more people). Stand 2 metres away from them.
What was the third step of your procedures?
Observe each participant for 3 minutes. Look at participants every 60 seconds and tally whether they are scrolling or communicating on their phone.
What was the fourth step of your procedures?
Once 3 minutes of observation time is up, move on and find different participants to observe. Repeat for 20 participants.
