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ERIC Number: EJ430329
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
Time Sampling: A Methodological Critique.
Mann, Janet; And Others
Child Development, v62 n2 p227-41 Apr 1991
Demonstrated that time sampling is inaccurate for estimating durations or frequencies of behaviors. Also concluded that (1) individual or group differences can change depending on whether time sampling or continuous sampling is used; and (2) error rates are high when bout lengths of behaviors are short or when interval length is long. (BC)
Descriptors: Data Collection, Individual Differences, Infants, Mothers, Observation, Parent Child Relationship, Research Methodology, Sampling
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Event Analysis; Observation Techniques; Poisson Process; Time Sampling