Geography 2210A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Clinical Trial, Participant Observation, Skill
14 Dec 2017
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Researcher extracts data/information from existing research reports retrospective. Two main methods: experimental natural sciences, non-experimental social sciences, observation*, questionnaire/survey, interview, method selection depends on, question asked. Researcher skillset: researcher should know as much as possible about the nature of the study population in order to know which one you need to do. Observation: definition, purposeful, systematic and selective way of observing an interaction or phenomena as it takes place, appropriate when, interested in behaviour, study population can"t or won"t answer questions. Can be made under controlled or uncontrolled conditions. Participant observation become part of study population: non-participant observation most common, do not get involved in study population activities. Need a method of recording-categorizing the observations you see: narrative researcher describes interaction. Researcher bias may enter into description: may vary with observer. Scales researcher rates various aspects of the interaction. E. g. , 0 = no interaction, 1 = mild interaction, 2 = . Categorical recording assign observation to a category.
