Political Science 3337F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Subgroup Analysis, Participant Observation, Social Desirability Bias
17 Dec 2017
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Explicit rules for observing, categorizing and recording behaviour. Direct observation over inferences from respondent reports. Strategies for observing behaviour: recording of incidents. Wait until there is a behaviour of interest, note observe barroom behaviour noting each time there is opposite sex, stranger-to-stranger interaction. Processes are observed and recorded at a designated period of time (e. g everyday at lunchtime for two weeks: time sampling. Observe the interactions that take place at designated intervals of time (e. g every 15 mins for three hours) Test this out through pilot studies -> to develop categories: classi cation scheme must be clear and easy to use, minimal interpretation of behaviour. Gure 6. 1-> small group interaction process groupings and behaviour coding system. Participant observation: qualitative method, immersion in a particular social setting for an extended period of time, to determine meanings that people give to their environment and their behaviour.
