Comparing observational software with paper and pencil for time-sampled data: A field test of Interval Manager (INTMAN)

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 165-169

  Tapp, Jon ^a,c   Ticha, Renata ^b   Kryzer, Erin ^b   Gustafson, Meaghan ^b   Gunnar, Megan R ^b   Symons, Frank J ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MICROCOMPUTER; OBSERVATION; VIDEORECORDING;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; OBSERVATION; SOFTWARE; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 33746666679     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03192763     Document Type: Article

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