Exam 8: Unobtrusive Measures in Research

Records produced for special or limited audiences that contain information such as birth and death records, records of marriages and divorces, application information held by insurance and credit companies, title, land, and deed information, or similar demographic or residential types of records are called ____________.

An example of a type of measure is an analysis of the possessions that people of wealth display conspicuously to explain the social identities of the leisure class. What type of trace record is this study examining?

Using publicly published police records and the accompanying video or audio recordings of the police report to study crimes committed during the day or evening of the published account is an example of which type of unobtrusive method?

A type of record in which researchers serve as editors and commentators to eliminate any repetition in descriptions, and shorten lengthy discourses. Researchers highlight selected segments and delete other segments. This type of record is called ________.

Explain what type of unobtrusive data collection a personal letter is, and describe an example of when letters have been used in research scenarios.

Define actuarial records and give an example of how they can be used as an unobtrusive data source.

The private archival material that provides individually created content as well as links to the works of others, streaming video, and audio elements is the ___________.

Define commercial media accounts, and give an example of how they can be used as an unobtrusive data source.

Using a blogger's entries as a digital journal of the blog writer's life to study an aspect of the blogger population is an example of using which type of unobtrusive method?

Using the court transcripts of the O.J. Simpson trial to create a commentary on the exchanges between the defense and prosecution is an example of ______________.

A type of record in which the author portrays a fragmented picture of life, and is interesting because of the nature of the topics discussed rather than the identity of the author is called ______.

Records originally produced for a special limited audience that eventually find their way into public domain, and convey important and useful information are called________. Examples of this type of record include official court transcripts, police reports, census information, financial records, crime statistics, school records, and similar documents.

Which type of official documentary record has increased in commonality in recent years, and is creating a goldmine of audio and visual data?

A type of record that is most familiar to novice researchers. It includes the span of life of an individual from his or her earliest recall to the time of writing the work, and includes descriptions of life experiences, personal insights, and anecdotal reminiscences. This is called _________________.

The private archival material that can be criticized for removing evidence of the text's author through writing and other practices, but contains information on the social contours of a given time, ideological orientations of a group, or self-reflections about one's activities is the ___________.

Why is video record becoming such a valuable research tool?

Explain what research technique researchers should use to corroborate unobtrusive data sources (especially physical trace sources), and why.

A type of unobtrusive research that involves examination of written materials that are organized for public examination by others, or written for an extremely small audience is called ______________.

Using the wear down of tiles in a museum to estimate the popularity of certain exhibits is an example of _________________.

What is physical erosion, and what is an example of an erosion study?