Observational methods refer to techniques or strategies used to gather information by directly watching and scrutinizing people, animals, or events. It means carefully observing and noting details to enhance our understanding of the subject being observed.
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Parenting was measured
using observational methods within the context of a randomized control trial of the Family Check - Up with a sample of 731 ethnically diverse boys and girls (followed from ages 2 to 4) at high risk for later conduct problems.
You can stop by to see her and all the other great presenters in a poster panel about different types of
observational methods in informal learning spaces — organized by Aaron Price — from 10:35 a - 12:05 on Saturday, April 29th in room 221 D (meeting room level).
- The CER workforce needs individuals with expertise in designing and conducting clinical trials, statistical modeling, conducting systematic reviews and meta - analysis, quasi-experimental design and
other observational methods, use and analysis of large datasets, cost - effectiveness analysis, clinical prediction rules, measurement of patient - reported and clinical outcomes, and communicating research findings to patients, providers and others.
We make use of measurements of dEBs in the c... ▽ More The open clusters in the Kepler and CoRoT fields potentially provide tight constraints for tests of stellar models and
observational methods because they allow a combination of complementary methods.
In order to confirm such findings, future cross-cultural studies on dogs should combine the use of surveys
with observational methods.
In addition, scientists working on the JDEM designs have not presented a unified front, owing to disagreements over the
best observational method to use (see «Hunting for dark energy»)-- at a time when an influential astrophysics panel is about to prioritize the next decade's best and most organized missions.
The $ 1.6 - billion IDECS design has two types of detectors and would use all three
observational methods on a 1.5 - metre telescope.
Now, there's nothing wrong with making mistakes when pursuing an
innovative observational method, but Spencer and Christy sat by for most of a decade allowing — indeed encouraging — the use of their data set as an icon for global warming skeptics.
Pardo, J.R., M. Ridal, D. Murtagh, and J. Cernicharo, 2002: Microwave temperature and pressure measurements with the Odin satellite:
I. Observational method.
What is unique about this work: (1) It is manualized, with training videos, (2) effects last upon 18 - month follow up after treatment termination, and (3) the intervention was evaluated with physiological and
observational methods as well as archival police records.
It is also important to pay more attention to the ethnicity of coders in the
mostly observational methods of attachment research, as there is evidence that coder ethnicity may influence scoring.
She believes that one's perception of the city is made up of layers of different images that can be made to coalesce into a single image only with great difficulty, and she has found it necessary to develop a variety
of observational methods in order to do justice to the organic complexity of this perception.
Evaluations should not be based exclusively on test scores but should — as a new agreement in New York State affirms — use a combination of evaluation methods that include test scores and
other observational methods.
Abstract: The open clusters in the Kepler and CoRoT fields potentially provide tight constraints for tests of stellar models and
observational methods because they allow a combination of complementary methods.
The
direct observational method, based on a recorded play session, named Lausanne Trilogue Play (LTP)(Fivaz - Depeursinge and Corboz - Warnery, 1999), has already shown strong ability to detect the specific characteristics of the family triadic interactions in the context of therapeutic orientation, preventive and social interventions, in particular with infants and children (e.g., Fivaz - Depeursinge and Favez, 2006; Fivaz - Depeursinge et al., 2007, 2009; Galdiolo and Roskam, 2016).
He uses experimental and
observational methods to study elections in established democracies.
The SAG15 study does not focus on any particular telescope architecture or
observational method, but on the fundamental science questions.
Schools can assess school climate in a variety of ways — for example, using focus groups;
observational methods; interviews; town hall discussions; study circles; participatory action research; and student, staff, and family surveys.
I spent about five years living in China (on and off) between 2007 and 2014, and
this observational method of research was ongoing throughout that time.
Infectious disease epidemiologist specializing in the intersection between mathematical models of disease transmission and
observational methods.
Not strictly representative, yet not fully abstracted either, her work is a combination of expressive and
observational methods.
The display pits works Frank Auerbach, Lucian Freud and Euan Uglow — champions of
the observational method — against inventive masterminds such as Francis Bacon, Peter Blake and Hew Locke.
Note that trends starting in 1997 and 1998 are most biased by the change in
observational method.
Thinking About Judges and Judicial Performance: Perspective of the Public and Court Users David Rottman and Tom Tyler, Onati Socio - Legal Series 4 (5)(2014) This article «describes and critiques existing judicial performance evaluation programs that incorporate procedural justice principles as a dimension for measuring quality through both survey and
observational methods.»
Social Support in Couples: An Examination of Gender Differences Using Self - Report and
Observational Methods.
Early research examining overprotective and critical parenting focused on retrospective reports from adults with anxiety and depression, leading to potentially biased reports.12 More recently, researchers have used
observational methods to assess parental overprotection and negativity.13 Observational methods however, are not without problems, as parents may behave more positively when being observed in a research laboratory or at home.
Although an improvement in parenting practices appears to be the key mechanism of change, research to date into treatment mechanisms has been limited by a reliance on parent - report and
observational methods, and has neglected data on the child - and family process - levels.
Most assessment methods fall into one of three categories:
observational methods, personality inventories, or projective techniques.
However, most attachment research is carried out using infants and young children, so psychologists have to devise subtle ways of researching attachment styles, usually involving
the observational method.
Mary Ainsworth was very impressed with
the observational methods that Robertson had used during his fieldwork in hospitals.
Triadic coordination:
an observational method of examining whether children are «caught in the middle» of interparental discord
Next to
observational methods that measure attachment in early childhood in terms of behavioral responses to caregivers, questionnaires and (in - depth) interview methods were developed to measure attachment representations in middle childhood (e.g., Dwyer 2005; Kerns et al. 2000), adolescence (Allen and Land 1999) and (young) adulthood (Bretherton 1990).
Future research would benefit from the inclusion of objective measures and / or
observational methods.
Teen attachments were assessed with both interview and
observational methods.