| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 322 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. The "whys" and "whens" of observational methods -- ch. 2. Science, psychology, and research -- ch. 3. Ethics in research -- ch. 4. Choosing a perspective : qualitative-insider/ quantitative-outsider distinction -- ch. 5. Asking the research question : implications for design and specification in observational research -- ch. 6. Initial considerations : entering the field, looking around, and refining the plan -- ch. 7. Coming up with categories -- ch. 8. Measuring behavior and rules for sampling and recording -- ch. 9. Reliability -- ch. 10. Validity -- ch. 11. Indirect observational methods -- ch. 12. Computer-assisted recording and observational software programs / John Hoch and Frank J. Symons -- ch. 13. The research report |
| Summary |
This book shows readers how to conduct observational methods, research tools used to describe and explain behaviors as they unfold in everyday settings. The book now uses both an evolutionary and a cultural perspective. The methods presented are drawn from psychology, education, family studies, sociology, and anthropology, but the author's primary focus is on children in school, family, and social settings. Readers learn how to make observations in real contexts to help them create a verbal picture of behaviors they see |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-316) and indexes |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
Child psychology -- Research -- Methodology
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Observation (Psychology)
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Statistics -- Methodology
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Child Behavior -- psychology
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Psychology, Child -- methods
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Data Collection
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Ethnology -- methods
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Child psychology -- Research -- Methodology
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Observation (Psychology)
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Kind
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Methodologie
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Beobachtung
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Forschung
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hoch, John
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Symons, Frank James, 1967-
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| LC no. |
2012010370 |
| ISBN |
9780203101759 |
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0203101758 |
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9781136236808 |
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1136236805 |
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9781136236754 |
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1136236759 |
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9781136236792 |
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1136236791 |
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9781848729575 |
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184872957X |
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9781848729582 |
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1848729588 |
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9781283852326 |
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1283852322 |
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