Observational Design Flashcards
1
Q
unstructured and structured
A
researcher records everything (unstructured) or controls what is recorded (structured)
2
Q
behavioural categories
A
target behaviours broken down into observable components
3
Q
sampling methods
A
continuous
event sampling- count events
time sampling- count at timed intervals
4
Q
unstructured and structured evaluation
A
unstructured- more info but may be too much, qualitative data harder to analyse
structured- may miss behaviours
5
Q
behaviour categories evaluation
A
must be observable
avoid dustbin category
no overlap
6
Q
sampling methods evaluation
A
event- useful for infrequent behaviour, may miss complexity
time- less effort but may not represent whole behaviour
