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After reading this chapter, students should be able to do the following: Define unobtrusive methods and explain what is meant by reactive and non-reactive research methods. Explain what physical trace analysis is used for and differentiate between erosion and accretion measures. Differentiate between public and private archives and note a main ...
H Kauffman. Unobtrusive Research Methods – An Interpretative Essay By Michelle O’Brien. Introduction. Unobtrusive research methods include non-reactive behavioural observation, the historical examination of pre-existing archives such as statistics or records, the study of physical traces, and the critical analysis of cultural content.
In this chapter, we explore unobtrusive methods of collecting data. Unobtrusive research refers to methods of collecting data that don’t interfere with the subjects under study (because these methods are not obtrusive). Both qualitative and quantitative researchers use unobtrusive research methods. Unobtrusive methods share the unique quality ...
Define unobtrusive research methods and explain when it is suitable to employ this type of research method. Outline the benefits and the drawbacks of using unobtrusive research methods. Define the Hawthorne effect. Explain the difference between primary and secondary data sources. Explain the various methods for conducting unobtrusive research.
- Valerie Sheppard
- 2020
Unobtrusive research (or unobtrusive measures) is a method of data collection used primarily in the social sciences. The term unobtrusive measures was first coined by Webb, Campbell, Schwartz, & Sechrest in a 1966 book titled Unobtrusive Measures: Nonreactive Research in the Social Sciences. [1] The authors described methodologies which do not ...
Unobtrusive research refers to methods of collecting data that don’t interfere with the subjects under study (i.e., these methods are not “obtrusive”). Both qualitative and quantitative researchers use unobtrusive research methods. Unobtrusive methods share the unique quality that they do not require the researcher to interact with the ...
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Social workers interested in history are likely to use unobtrusive methods, which are also well suited to comparative research. Historical comparative research is “research that focuses either on one or more cases over time (the historical part) or on more than one nation or society at one point in time (the comparative part)” (Esterberg, 2002, p. 129).
