Technological Advances in Observational Data Collection: The Advantages and LImitations of Computer-Assisted Data Collection

Field Methods

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 352-375

  Ice, Gillian H ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

behavior technology; data collection; ethogram; real time observation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993740400     PISSN: 1525822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1525822X04266503     Document Type: Article

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