Author Question: Todd, Jamal, and Samuel are trained observers for a research project. Just after completing their ... (Read 18 times)

ishan · **on:** Jun 21, 2018

Todd, Jamal, and Samuel are trained observers for a research project. Just after completing their training, their interrater reliability is very high. However, over time and without their awareness, their observations converge less and less closely. The term for this phenomenon is

a. observer drift.
b. fading agreement.
c. rating separation.
d. observer spread.

Question 2

ALL BUT WHICH of the following is a good example of a lower-level behavior, in the context of behavioral observation?

a. the number of times during class that a student behaves aggressively toward a classmate
b. how many different classmates a student speaks to during a class period
c. how many minutes of a class period a student spends out of his or her seat
d. the number of times during class that a student raises his or her hand in response to a question from the teacher