Observational techniques
- Created by: Mollymaccy01
- Created on: 21-05-16 14:32
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- Observational techniques
- Controlled
- Set up a situation & observe
- Poor EV
- Good control
- Participant
- Researcher joins group they're observing
- Inside view
- Observer bias influenced by expectations
- Naturalistic
- In a natural setting without interference
- Good EV
- No control over extraneous variables
- Might not get the behaviour hoped for
- Covert
- RP's don't know they're being observed
- Behaviour will be more natural
- Ethical issues like consent
- Behaviour Categories
- Should be objective, mutually exclusive, include all possible behaviours
- Time sampling
- Record every so often
- Event sampling
- Record every time the behaviour occurs
- Overt
- RP's know they're being observed
- Controlled
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