PSY1022 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Participant Observation, Multiple Choice, Cluster Sampling
21 Feb 2022
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Assignment: mid semester test: 30 multiple choice questions (mcq) questions (5 questions x 6 topics from weeks 1- 6) in 55 min (closed book) {20%} Prescribed readings chapter 4: "types of observational analysis" (p. 87-121); chapter 9: "correlational research" (p. 243-255; 257-266); Types of observational analysis & correlational research & The major purpose of observational research is to produce this descriptive information. Observational research with the goal of describing behaviour can be divided into two broad categories, depending on the degree of experimenter involvement with participants in the study. These types of studies are called naturalistic observation and participant observation respectively. In a naturalistic observation study, the goal is to study the behaviours of people or animals as they act in their everyday environments. Occasionally researchers will join a group being observed, or at least make their presence known to the group, thus making the study a participant observation.
