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2. Weakness of time sampling

  • If using a noisy stopwatch, it could induce demand charateristics
  • No indictaion of the amount of time spent on each behaviour category
  • No indication of the order in which events occured

3. Strength of time sampling

  • Observer won't get bored or fatigued
  • Captures all behaviours as observer watches for a long period of time
  • Records are easy to obtain and analyse

4. Name one strength of a structured observation

  • More organised as uses a coding scheme to define important behaviours
  • Records all behavioursw so wont miss anything

5. Weakness of event sampling

  • No indication of the order in which the events occured
  • Scans only for a specific amount of time
  • There for only a specific amount of time so wont get the full picture

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