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UNIT 3
TOPIC 3. RECORDING TECHNIQUES
1. OBSERVATION
WHERE
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Research process
• Methodological strategies
TYPES
• According to the degree of interaction observer-observed (incl. reactivity)
PROCESS OF MAKING THE OBS INSTRUMENT SISTEMATIC
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Steps
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Leading to
• E and me requirements
• Fuzziness
• Core and plasticity
• Molar vs. molecular (response levels)
RECORDING TECHNIQUES IN THE RESEARCH PROCESS
• Research problem: theory gap, rival theories, contradictory findings, lack of
findings, curiosity
• Specific aim: feasible for a single study
• Define population, behaviour, situation, etc. of interest
•Choose a way of gathering information: the recording technique (a.k.a
research techniques or instrument)
• Gather information
• Organize and give meaning to the information
• Contrast information gathered with the aim with previous information
• Consider the directions for the future research
• In the same study, several techniques of the same type can be used ok
• In the same study, different types of research techniques can be used:
complement observation with a questionnaire on opinions, beliefs; complement
questionnaire with an in-depth interviewok
• Different studies may use different recording techniques for studying the same
variable of interest mind the interpretation
• Different studies may use different instances if the same type of instrument
comparable?
OBSERVATIONAL RECORDING TECHNIQUES
•Can be part of:
•Quantitative methodology and experimental methodological
strategy:
■Emphasis on observable behaviors, which are provoked and take
place in a controlled environment
■Observational instruments are usually pre-existing
•Quantitative methology and observational methodological strategy:
■Emphasis on ecological validity: observable behaviors, which are
spontaneous, taking place in their natural context
■May be necessary to create new instruments
•Quantitative methodology:
DecisionsCoding
scheme
(category
system)
Challenges
