APA 2180 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Missing Data, Fallacy, Naturalistic Observation
4 Apr 2016
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Physical traces: erosion wear and tear (loor iles, accreion accumulaion (garbage) Archives coninuously produced: running records, other records - not collected on regular basis. Observaion: external appearance, count behaviors, time duraion (how long something takes) Technique for gathering and analyzing the content of any form of writen or audio-visual material. Data collecion - systemaic couning and recording procedure. Random sampling, numerical coding, operaional deiniions, unit of analysis (e. g. , image, word, behavior) Conversion process - turns content that represents variables of the research into numbers. Staisical coeicient (0. 8 and higher would be acceptable) Can be inappropriate for the research quesion. Researcher may not understand topic well enough.
