FIELD REPORT

• Field Report - an academic writing that records observations and analysis related specific phenomena
• Introduction - describes the objective of your report
• Description of Activities Section - describe everything that you observed
• Interpretation and Analysis section - interpret and analyze the data you've gathered during your observations
• Conclusion and Recommendations - the call to action
• Appendix - supports your analysis
• Field Report Template:

  1. Introduction
  2. Description of Activities Section
  3. Interpretation and Analysis section
  4. Conclusion and Recommendations section
  5. Appendix
• Ad Libitum Sampling - observing what you seem important at a given moment
• Behavior Sampling - translates to observing an entire group and nothing specific individual behaviors