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1 online resource (xv, 183 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: 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 Codes -- Codes versus Rating Scales -- 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 -- Sequential Data Interchange Standard (SDIS) -- Representing Time -- Single-Code Event Sequences -- Timed-Event and State Sequences -- Interval and Multicode Event Sequences -- 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 -- 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 Agreement -- Event-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. 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 -- Duration -- Relative Duration -- Probability -- Mean Event Durations, Gaps, and Latencies -- Mean Event Duration -- Mean Gap -- Latency -- Recommended Statistics for Individual Codes -- Summary -- 9. Cell and Summary Statistics for Contingency Tables -- Individual Cell Statistics -- Observed Joint Frequencies and Hierarchical Tallying -- Lagged Tallies for Single-Coded Events When Codes Can and Cannot Repeat -- Conditional and Transitional Probabilities -- Expected Frequencies and Adjusted Residuals -- Indices of Association for Two-Dimensional Tables -- Contingency Indices for 2x2 Tables -- Odds Ratio and Log Odds -- Yule's Q -- Vulnerability to Zero Cells -- Summary -- 10. Preparing for Sequential and Other Analyses -- Creating New Codes from Existing Codes -- Logical Combinations for Timed-Event, Interval, and Multicode Event Data -- RECODE for All Data Types -- EVENT and BOUT for Timed-Event Data -- RECODE, LUMP, and CHAIN for Single-Code Event Data -- REMOVE and RENAME for All Data Types -- Creating New Codes as "Windows" Anchored to Existing Codes -- Pooled versus Individual Analyses -- Preparing Export Files and Using Statistical Packages -- Deviant Cells, Type I Error, and Winnowing -- Summary -- 11. Time-Window and Log-Linear Sequential analysis -- Time-Window Sequential Analysis of Timed-Event Data -- Sign Test: A Nonparametric Alternative -- Lag-Sequential and Log-Linear Analysis of Single-Code Event Data -- Overlapped and Nonoverlapped Tallying of m-Event Chains -- Illustration of Log-Linear Basics -- Log-Linear Analysis of Interval and Multicode Event Data -- Summary -- 12. Recurrence Analysis and Permutation Tests -- Recurrence Analysis -- Permutation Tests for Short Event Sequences -- Summary. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Psychology -- Research.
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Psychology -- Research. |
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Social sciences -- Research.
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Social sciences -- Research. |
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Sequential analysis.
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Sequential analysis. |
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Observation (Psychology) -- Methodology.
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Observation (Psychology) -- Methodology. |
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Observation (Psychology) |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Quera, Vicenç.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bakeman, Roger. Sequential analysis and observational methods for the behavioral sciences. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011 9781107001244 (DLC) 2011019707 (OCoLC)726695802 |
| ISBN |
9781139190695 (electronic book) |
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1139190695 (electronic book) |
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9781139185783 (electronic book) |
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1139185780 (electronic book) |
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9781107001244 |
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1107001242 |
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9780521171816 |
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0521171814 |
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