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Cards (11)
types of observations:
covert
or
overt
participant
or
non participant
controlled
or
naturalistic
naturalistic observation
strength:
good
ecological validity
weakness:
poor
control
over
EV’s
controlled observation
strength:
high internal validity
weakness:
low ecological validity
covert observation
strength:
reduced demand characteristics
weakness:
unethical
overt observation
strength:
more
ethical
weakness:
increased demand characteristics
participant observation
strength:
high
internal validity
weakness:
low levels
of
objectivity
non participant observation
strength:
more
objective
weakness:
questioned
internal validity
event sampling:
number
of
times
of a
particular
behaviour
time sampling:
recording
behaviour within a
pre-established time
frame
event sampling
strength:
you
record
everything
weakness:
hard to measure
‘ongoing behaviours’
time sampling
strength:
ongoing
behaviours,
more
accurate
weakness:
missing
behaviours