Observations Evaluation
- Created by: BecsaBabe
- Created on: 10-02-15 11:56
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- Observations Evaluation
- Ethics
- Cannot give informed concent as they dont know they are part of a study (Covert)
- May be considered an invasion of privacy
- Cannot give informed concent as they dont know they are part of a study (Covert)
- Ecological Validity
- Not controlled so behavior is natural (naturalistic)
- Reliability
- Natural setting is hard to replicate (naturalistic)
- behavior at one moment in time is not likely to be repeated
- Categories for recording data, variables controlled
- establishes cause and effect (controlled observation)
- Natural setting is hard to replicate (naturalistic)
- Demand Characteristics / Social Desirability
- they don't know they are being observed
- Validity
- Social desirability
- Subjective
- may be biased (participant observation)
- More detailed data as part of the group (participant observations)
- Ethics
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