PSYC 314 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Naturalistic Observation, Inter-Rater Reliability, Ecological Validity
16 May 2017
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Your turn 6. 1: johan wants to study how the placement of products in a store impacts consumer purchases. He decides to record the position of particular items and the frequency in which they are purchased by watching the security cameras in the manager"s office. Which of the following methods of data collection is he using: nonconcealed participant observation, concealed participant observation, laboratory observation, naturalistic observation, anita has an interest in how temperature influences worker productivity in a car manufacturing facility. She establishes a baseline for productivity based on previous records. Every 2 days she changes the temperature of the factory by 5 degrees, staring with 65 degrees and continuing to 95 degrees. She records productivity on the days she changes the temperature by openly watching the workers and counting how many piece they assemble each day. To her surprise, productivity goes up each day no matter what the temperature is.
