FNDS 21230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Naturalistic Observation, Educational Psychology, Dependent And Independent Variables
25 Sep 2017
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Participation observation- observer and researcher are actively involved. Standardized tests- intelligence, personality, skills, can provide outcome measures. Case study- in depth look at an individual or circumstance. Correlation research- describe the relationship between two or more events. Experimental- or pure research involves conducting an experiment. Dependent variable- the factor that is measured in an experiment. Westinghouse effect- engineers tried to improve efficiency on line by making changes and saw production increase. When they returned they saw original conditions, then efficiency increased. Conclusion- it was the observation not the conditions that increased efficiency. Hawthorne effect- landsberger analyzed old experiments from the hawthorne works and concluded that a short term improvement in productivity was caused by observing worker performance. Cross-sectional- studying groups of people at one time. Researcher doesn t have to wait until subject grows older. Provides no information about the stability of data over time. Program evaluation: designed to make decisions about a particular program.
