Observation Observation is the factor attainment of information from a fundamental basis. Observation uses the personnel. In Observation we can observe the employees work productivity and can measure how effective way they are working. Advantages: 1. Very prompt system for social event data or information – best for the examination of human behavior. 2. Data accumulated is particularly exact in nature besides to a great extremely robust. 3. Improves precision of the investigation results. 4.
Cons • One problem with observation is that it can be very resource intensive. It might involve great amounts of time and energy, which can be a problem if those resources are not available in adequate quantity. If there is less time for the research to be carried out it might lead to hurried observation which dilutes the quality of the data collection process and thus has an adverse impact on the analysis • Since observation is being carried out by a human being, there exists a risk of observer
which naturalistic observations are one. Naturalistic observations involve researchers observing how individuals spontaneously behave in their natural environment without intervention. For example, Lynn Hawkins, Pepler and Craig (2001) observed how children in grades 1 to 6 intervene in bullying episodes at school, via a naturalistic observation design. Another group of observational studies are controlled observations. The critical difference is that in controlled observations the researcher dictates
Tonido, Kathleen E. Topic: Observation Studies IV. Learning outcomes: At the end of the discussion, the students must be able to: 1. Describe observation studies. 2. Name the diferrent uses of observation studies 3. Distinguish Non behavioral from behavioral observation 4. Identify the advantages and disadvantages of observation studies I. Observation studies According Wood (2008) observation study is a sytematic data collection approach. Researchers use all of their senses to examine people in a
6.2 Limitations Many teachers were skeptic toward the positive results from the Peer Observation process. I believe this is due to our nature of our culture. Albanians in general are known for their egoism. My belief not only based on understanding the background culture of our people but on the everyday behavior as well as on the teachers’ interviews, demonstrates unprofessionalism toward accomplishing the tasks of Peer Observers. In some cases both parties react based on their selfishness. We
or can simply be posted online or mailed out, it is relatively of low cost. Another advantage is that it is less time consuming as it does not require going and talking to the person. The disadvantages are that people tend to get bothered to reply to questionnaires unless it benefits to them. Another disadvantage is that it produces a low response rate ( response rate is the proportion of people who reply) which makes the survey useless as you do not know if the more number of reply is representative
• Job interview 2.1.3 Advantages and disadvantages of interviews The main advantages of interviews are: • They are useful to obtain detailed information about personal feel-ings, perceptions and opinions • They allow more detailed questions to be asked • They usually achieve a high response rate
Observation is required to gather information for the new system in One Pacific Health Club. By doing so, information can be obtained to build the new system to suit the needs of the club. Without doing so, the new system might not be able to function according to the needs, hence leading to project failure or other forms of failures. By observation method, the team is able to observe the staffs of One Pacific Health Club without their willingness or the ability to provide requested information while
self-report, that is, the people respond to a series of questions posed by the investigator (Polit & Hunglar, 1993). A survey is a non-experimental, descriptive research method. Survey Type Advantages Disadvantages Mail • Easy and cost efficient. • Response rate are typically low. • No interview, respondents may be more willing to share information. • Not appropriate for low literacy audiences. • No interviewer, respondents be probed Phone • Large scale accessibility in many countries. • Lack
interpret research problems or to replicate a previous study. 3.2.5.2 Disadvantages of Historical Case Study The ability to fulfill the aims of the research is directly related to the amount and quality