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Pellegrini, Anthony D; Hoch, John; Symons, Frank
Observing Children in Their Natural Worlds, 2013, 2012Book Chapter
As discussed in the preceding chapters, basic choices are made by researchers in the ways in which they choose to quantify behavior. In this chapter, I continue this discussion by describing some of the ways in which categories can be measured. By meas-ure, I mean different ways in which categories can be quantified. Specific measurement concerns covered include: frequency, duration, latency, pattern, and intensity. Then I will describe the ways in which the categories can be sampled from the stream of on-going behavior and then recorded. Issues of category independence are especially important for sampling, and will be discussed as well.
