Week 1-2: Descriptive Methods: Observation

SAMPLING BEHAVIOR 
Time Sampling 
Situation Sampling 
OBSERVATIONAL METHODS 
DIRECT OBSERVATIONAL METHODS 
Observation without Intervention 
Observation with Intervention 
INDIRECT (UNOBTRUSIVE) OBSERVATIONAL METHODS 
Physical Traces 
Archival Records 
RECORDING BEHAVIOR 
Comprehensive Records of Behavior 
Selected Records of Behavior 
ANALYSIS OF OBSERVATIONAL DATA 
Qualitative Data Analysis 
Quantitative Data Analysis 
THINKING CRITICALLY ABOUT OBSERVATIONAL RESEARCH 
Infl uence of the Observer 
Observer Bias