Review Questions
1. What is the difference between qualitative and quantitative approaches to studying behavior?
2. What is naturalistic observation? How does a researcher collect data when conducting naturalistic observation research?
3. Why are the data in naturalistic observation research primarily qualitative?
4. Distinguish between participant and nonparticipant observation; between concealed and nonconcealed observation.
5. What is systematic observation? Why are the data from systematic observation primarily quantitative?
6. What is a coding system? What are some important considerations when developing a coding system?
7. What is a case study? When are case studies used? What is a psychobiography?
8. What is archival research? What are the major sources of archival data?
9. What is content analysis?
