Sequential analysis and observational methods for the behavioral sciences / / Roger Bakeman, Vicenç Quera [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Bakeman Roger
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvi, 183 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 150.72/3
• Soggetto topico: Psychology - Research; Social sciences - Research; Sequential analysis; Observation (Psychology) - Methodology
• Classificazione: PSY030000
• Persona (resp. second.): QueraVicenç
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS AND OBSERVATIONAL METHODS FOR THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; FIGURES; PREFACE; 1 Introduction to Observational Methods; SYSTEMATIC QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT VERSUS QUALITATIVE NARRATIVE; CORRELATIONAL VERSUS EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS; PREDICTOR VERSUS OUTCOME VARIABLES; VARIABLES, UNITS, AND SESSIONS; WHY USE OBSERVATIONAL METHODS?; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS OF BEHAVIOR; SUMMARY; 2 Coding Schemes and Observational Measurement; WHERE DO CODING SCHEMES COME FROM?; MUST CODES BE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE AND EXHAUSTIVE?; GRANULARITY: MICRO TO MACRO ; CONCRETENESS: PHYSICALLY TO SOCIALLY BASED CODESCODES VERSUS RATING SCALES; THE CODING MANUAL; SUMMARY; 3 Recording Observational Data; UNTIMED-EVENT RECORDING; TIMED-EVENT RECORDING; INTERVAL RECORDING; Partial-Interval or One-Zero Sampling; Momentary or Instantaneous Sampling; Whole-Interval Sampling; SELECTED-INTERVAL RECORDING; LIVE OBSERVATION VERSUS RECORDED BEHAVIOR; DIGITAL RECORDING AND COMPUTER-ASSISTED CODING; SUMMARY; 4 Representing Observational Data; A SEQUENTIAL DATA INTERCHANGE STANDARD (SDIS); REPRESENTING TIME; SINGLE-CODE EVENT SEQUENCES; TIMED-EVENT AND STATE SEQUENCES ; INTERVAL AND MULTICODE EVENT SEQUENCESA UNIVERSAL CODE-UNIT GRID; ALTERNATIVES: SPREADSHEET AND STATISTICAL PACKAGE GRIDS; DATA MANAGEMENT AND FILE FORMATS; SUMMARY; 5 Observer Agreement and Cohen's Kappa; POINT-BY-POINT VERSUS SUMMARY AGREEMENT; THE CLASSIC COHEN'S KAPPA; WHEN IS KAPPA BIG ENOUGH?; Is Statistical Significance Useful?; Observer Bias and Kappa Maximum; Observer Accuracy, Number of Codes, and Their Prevalence; Standards for Kappa (Number of Codes Matters); COMPARING AN OBSERVER WITH A GOLD STANDARD; Agreement and Reliability; Errors of Commission and Omission; SUMMARY ; 6 Kappas for Point-by-Point AgreementEVENT-BASED AGREEMENT: THE ALIGNMENT PROBLEM; TIME-BASED AGREEMENT: INFLATED COUNTS?; EVENT-BASED AGREEMENT FOR TIMED-EVENT SEQUENCES; INTERVAL-BASED AGREEMENT USING COHEN'S KAPPA; WEIGHTED KAPPA: WHEN DISAGREEMENTS DIFFER IN SEVERITY; ARE ALL KAPPAS OVERRATED?; SUMMARY; 7 The Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC) for Summary Measures; RELATIVE VERSUS ABSOLUTE AGREEMENT; TARGETS AND SESSIONS; RELATIVE AND ABSOLUTE ICCS; SUMMARY; 8 Summary Statistics for Individual Codes; BASIC STATISTICS FOR INDIVIDUAL CODES; Frequency; Relative frequency; Rate ; Vulnerability to Zero Cells
• Sommario/riassunto: Behavioral scientists - including those in psychology, infant and child development, education, animal behavior, marketing and usability studies - use many methods to measure behavior. Systematic observation is used to study relatively natural, spontaneous behavior as it unfolds sequentially in time. This book emphasizes digital means to record and code such behavior; while observational methods do not require them, they work better with them. Key topics include devising coding schemes, training observers and assessing reliability, as well as recording, representing and analyzing observational data. In clear and straightforward language, this book provides a thorough grounding in observational methods along with considerable practical advice. It describes standard conventions for sequential data and details how to perform sequential analysis with a computer program developed by the authors. The book is rich with examples of coding schemes and different approaches to sequential analysis, including both statistical and graphical means.
• Altri titoli varianti: Sequential Analysis & Observational Methods for the Behavioral Sciences
• Titolo autorizzato: Sequential analysis and observational methods for the behavioral sciences
• ISBN: 1-139-17966-7; 1-107-22654-6; 1-283-38250-4; 1-139-18939-5; 9786613382504; 1-139-01734-9; 1-139-18809-7; 1-139-19069-5; 1-139-18347-8; 1-139-18578-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781944003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II