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1.  Craig wants to observe the work habits and work environment of airline staff.

2.  Amy wants to compare interactions between grandmothers and mothers to those between mothers and children.

3.  Amira wants to observe what people do during their travel time, when travelling on public transport.

4.  Dion wants to compare the differences in smoking habits between male and female university staff.

NOTE:

•Structured observations are often - but not always – passive.

•Unstructured observations are often - but not always – active.

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Look at some of the disadvantages of interviews below.

Discuss: What are some of the advantages of observing someone rather than interviewing them?

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In each situation below, decide which choices to make. Give reasons for each choice:

A.Should the observation be structured or unstructured?

B.Should the observation be overt or covert?

C.Should the researcher have an active or passive role in the observation?

Example: Observing children’s reactions to peer pressure after losing a computer game = structured, semi-overt, passive (children know they’re being observed, but not the reason why).

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ultra-long-haul flight
a flight more than half day

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Logical thinking is a skill that involves using reasoning in a way that allows an individual to come to a viable solution

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4.  Dion wants to compare the differences in smoking habits between male and female university staff.
overt
passive
structured

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A.structured
B.covert
C.passive

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structured, passive,semi-overt

We already know what we want to see and record

The traveler, also is the observed person, is not aware of the observation behavior study.

but some part in this situations might already know our observation behavior like bus company, airline,travel agency....

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2.    Amy wants to compare interactions between grandmothers and mothers to those between mothers and children.

Structured
semi-overt
passive