Programs for the Field Collection of Observational Data.

Autor/inn/en	Roberts, William L.; Schill, Loreen G.
Titel	Programs for the Field Collection of Observational Data.
Quelle	(1991), (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Computer Software; Data Analysis; Data Collection; Educational Research; Field Studies; Foreign Countries; Microcomputers; Naturalistic Observation; Reliability; Research Tools + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Auswertung; Data capture; Datensammlung; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Praxisforschung; Ausland; Naturbeobachtung; Reliabilität; Forschungsmittel
Abstract	The collection of observational data in natural settings and in real time requires equipment that is light and easily used, and programs that permit rapid and flexible encoding of data. This paper describes a set of four programs for collecting and analyzing continuous time sample, focal-individual data as described by J. Altmann (1974), using a lightweight lap-top computer, the Toshiba T-1000. The programs are: (1) FOCAL, the data entry program; (2) SCAN, which adds the number of events and trials, total time observed, and number of days during which data were collected; (3) KAPPA, which assesses reliabilities for single codes and codes combined into new categories; and (4) LAG, for sequential analyses. The programs can be used on any IBM-compatible machine and can generate reliabilities (percent agreement and kappa), rates, frequencies, and conditional probabilities with their "z"-scores for the data. The data and report files created by these programs are DOS text files. Five figures provide sample outputs from the four programs. (SLD)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC