Time Sampling Observation Paper

As for the inter-rater reliability calculation of 14.3% between myself and my partner I must conclude that this is due to the lack of experience with conducting a time sampling observation. Both of us had never conducted such an observation, and learned how to perform this type of observation though lecture that occurred throughout the last four months. This was the first time applying what we learned only in lecture to real world settings. Another factor that could have can lead to the low inter-rater reliability score was that my partner is new to child development studies and her focus is primarily on social work. Within her field of study she does not perform observations that are to be used for research this and instead writes reflections
of what she observes or creates a case file around what was observed. Factoring in this information could be applied to understanding why there were discrepancies in observation regarding the context of what was being observed. However, despite the discrepancies I was able to observe my focus for this research and conclude that the previous research on these topics remains stable with no additional changes based off my findings.