附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-278) and indexes.
The "Whys" and "Whens" of Using Observational Methods -- Science, Psychology, and Research -- Ethics in Research -- Choosing a Perspective: Qualitative-Insider and Quantitative-Outsider Distinctions -- Design and Specification in Observational Research: Some Important Issues to Consider -- Initial Considerations: Entering the Field, Looking Around, and Refining the Plan -- Observations: Coming Up With Categories -- Measuring Behavior and Rules for Sampling and Recording -- Reliability -- Validity -- Indirect Observational Methods -- Computer-Assisted Recording and Observational Software Programs / John Hoch and Frank J. Symons -- The Research Report -- Summing Up: Using Observational Methods in Applied Settings.
摘要:This second edition updates the methods based on new technologies, updates and increases the number of examples, and reorganizes so the theoretical material is up front.
