PSYC 2030 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Stratified Sampling, Ob River, Mena
10 Dec 2015
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Archival material documents, pictorial records, or other info stored in accessible repositories. Concealed measurement use of hidden observations or measurements, such as an out of sigh recording device that eavesdrops on conversations. Content analysis method of decomposing written messages and pictorial documents. Contrived observation unobtrusive observation of the effect of some variable intentionally introduced into a situation. Judgement study use of observers to scale, sort or rate specified variables. Methodological triangulation zeroing in on phenomena of interest from more than one vantage point or methodological perspective. Network analysis use of visual and quantitative techniques to map networks of interpersonal communication or social interactions. Nonreactive observation methods of observation or measurement that do not affect what is being observed or measured. Observational study longitudinal investigations that simply observe the participants, without introducing an intervention or experimental manipulation. Observer bias systematic overestimation or underestimation of observable events.
