Observations

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Where the observer is part of the group they are observing
Participant
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Where the observer is not part of the group they are observing
Non participant
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Where the participants don't know they are being observed
Covert
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Where the participants know they are being observed
Overt
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An observation with no pre-determined system of what behaviour to record, so records it all
Unstructured
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An observation with pre-determined categories of behaviours wanting to study
Structured
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Making sure that every observer knows what to class as one behaviour
Operationalisation
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Recording the number of times a behaviour occurs
Event sampling
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Recording the number of times a behaviour occurs in a timed interval
Time sampling
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Where the observer sees/hears what they want to see/hear
Observer bias
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Agreement amongst two or more observers
Inter-rater reliability
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Where the observer is not part of the group they are observing

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Non participant

Card 3

Front

Where the participants don't know they are being observed

Back

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Card 4

Front

Where the participants know they are being observed

Back

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Card 5

Front

An observation with no pre-determined system of what behaviour to record, so records it all

Back

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