Observational design

• What is event sampling?

  Establishing a target behaviour and recording it every time it occurs
• What is time sampling?

  Establishing a target behaviour and recording it in a fixed time frame
• What type of account does an unstructured observation produce?

  Rich in detail
• What is an unstructured observation?

  Writing down everything you see
• What is a structured observation?

  Simplifying target behaviours into behavioural categories
• What are the two types of sampling observations?

  Event and time
• When is event sampling useful?

  The target behaviour occurs infrequently
• When might an observer overlook important details when using event sampling?

  Target behaviour too complex