Study Questions

  1. What is the difference between direct and indirect observation?
  2. What is the difference between participant and nonparticipant observation?
  3. How can firsthand observation be used in both a natural environment and a laboratory?
  4. Why must observational research proposals be submitted to an institutional review board?
  5. What factors influence how political scientist’s choice of data collection methods?
  6. What is the difference between the running record and the episodic record?