- Careful observation of one or more particular behaviours to quantify behaviours
- Less global, more interest in specifics
- Hypotheses are made in advance
- More focused on observational method
e.g., Video and coding of child’s play, interested in sequence and order of play behaviours - To observe and code specific behaviour, quantified using coding system
Coding System – A description of a set of behaviour of how they are coded, with clear operational definition (need to be simple and categorised)
Issues in Systematic Observation
- Reactivity is also a problem here, but time with cameras usually solves problem
- Inter-rater reliability – coders need to agree on coding method
- More reliable with more coders
- Better to look at segments of behaviour across time
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