Observational studies where participants are aware that their behaviour is being studied.
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Participant Observation
Observations made by someone who is also participating in the activity being observed, which may affect their objectivity.
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Behavioural categories
Dividing a target behaviour into a subject of specific and operationalised behaviours
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Event Sampling
An observational technique in which a count is kept of the number of times a certain behaviour occurs.
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Sampling
The method used to select participants, such as random, opportunity and volunteer sampling, or to select behaviours in an observation such as event or time sampling.
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Structured observations
A researcher uses various systems to organise observations, such as behavioural categories and sampling procedures.
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Time sampling
An observational technique in which the observer records behaviours in a given time frame. The observer may select one or more behavioural categories to tick at this time interval.
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Interview
A research method or technique that involves a face-to-face, 'real-time' interaction with another individual and results in the collection of data
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Interviewer bias
The effect of an interviewer's expectations, communicated unconsciously, on a respondent's behaviour
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Questionnaire
Data is collected through the use of written questions
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Social Desirability bias
A distortion in the way people answer questions - they tend to answer questions in such a way that presents them in a better light
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Structured interview
Any interview in which the questions are decided in advance
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Unstructured Interview
The interview starts out with some general aims and possibly some questions and lets the interviewee's answers guide subsequent questions
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Closed questions
Questions that have a predetermined range of answers from which respondents select one. Tends to produce quantitative data.
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Open questions
Questions that invite respondents to provide their own answers rather than select one of those provided. Tend to produce qualitative data.
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Observations made by someone who is also participating in the activity being observed, which may affect their objectivity.
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Participant Observation
Card 3
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Dividing a target behaviour into a subject of specific and operationalised behaviours
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Card 4
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An observational technique in which a count is kept of the number of times a certain behaviour occurs.
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Card 5
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The method used to select participants, such as random, opportunity and volunteer sampling, or to select behaviours in an observation such as event or time sampling.
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