Sequential analysis and observational methods for the behavioral sciences

Sequential analysis and observational methods for the behavioral sciences / Roger Bakeman, Vicenç Quera.

Behavioral scientists 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. Key topics include devising coding schemes, training o...

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Main Author: Bakeman, Roger
Other Authors: Quera, Vicenç
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Psychology > Research.
Social sciences > Research.
Sequential analysis.
Observation (Psychology) > Methodology.
PSYCHOLOGY > Research & Methodology.
Observation (Psychology) > Methodology
Psychology > Research
Sequential analysis
Social sciences > Research
Forschungsmethode
Psychologie
Verhaltenswissenschaften
Sozialwissenschaften.
Psychologie.
Verhaltenswissenschaften.
Beobachtung.
Forschung.
Methode.
Sekvensanalys.
Observation (psykologi)
dissertations.
Academic theses
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction to observational methods
  • 2. Coding schemes and observational measurement
  • 3. Recording observational data
  • 4. Representing observational data
  • 5. Observer agreement and Cohen's Kappa
  • 6. Kappas for point-by-point agreement
  • 7. The Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC) for summary measures
  • 8. Summary statistics for individual codes
  • 9. Cell and summary statistics for contingency tables
  • 10. Preparing for sequential and other analyses
  • 11. Time-window and log-linear sequential analysis
  • 12. Recurrence analysis and permutation tests
  • Epilogue.

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