Research Methods : Observational Design

Question 1

to produce structured mehtod of what seen/heard you need to break

Answer 1

target behaviour up into set of behavioural categories/checklist

Question 2

behavioural category

Answer 2

target behaviour split into cmopnonents observable and measurable

Question 3

how can TB of affection be broken down

Answer 3

hugging
kissingn
cuddling

Question 4

behaviours observable means

Answer 4

no interference need to be made

Question 5

why is observable important

Answer 5

2 observers may interpret TB differently so wouldnt be reliable category

Question 6

before obsv begins r make sure

Answer 6

included all possible ways TB may occur within their behavioural checklist

Question 7

continuos recording is key ft of

Answer 7

unstructured obvs

Question 8

unstructured obsv what happens

Answer 8

all tb recorded

Question 9

when will UO/CR not be feasible/practiocal

Answer 9

complex behaviours - SO

Question 10

StrucObsv what are the systematic sampling ways

Answer 10

event
time
- samplingn

Question 11

event sampling

Answer 11

counting number of times certain behaviour occurs in target individudal/group

Question 12

e.g event sampling

Answer 12

times ft fans disagree with ref

Question 13

time sampling

Answer 13

recording behvaiour w/in a pre established time frame

Question 14

e.g of time sampling

Answer 14

record what TI doing every 10 seconds

Question 15

recommended researchers dont

Answer 15

conduct obsv alone

Question 16

why recommended researchers dont conduct obsv alone

Answer 16

single obsv may miss important detail
only notice events confirm ops/hypothesis
introducing bias into research process

Question 17

what happens to data wjen there’s two r

Answer 17

data recording more
objective
unbiased

Question 18

what is intro observer reliability

Answer 18

data from difff obsv compared to check fro consistency /reliability

Question 19

1 steo intor observer reliability

Answer 19

familiarise w behavioural categories to be used

Question 20

2 step intro observer reliability

Answer 20

observe same behaviour at same time e.g as part of small scale pilot study

Question 21

3rd step into observer reliabiliyt

Answer 21

compare data recorded

discuss differences in interpretations

Question 22

4th/final step of intro observer reliability

Answer 22

analyse data from stuyd

Question 23

how do you calc intro observer reliability

Answer 23

correlating each pair of obsv made and overall figure produced