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A researcher watches the cars entering a mall parking lot and records the number of red cars.
A principal observes a teacher to see if the teacher completes all items on an evaluation checklist.
An undercover police officer joins a gang in order to observe its members and activities.
A day-care worker observes a particular child who has been accused of biting other children.
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An example of unstructured observation is:
An undercover police officer joins a gang in order to observe its members and activities.
In this case, the observation is unstructured because the officer is immersing themselves in the environment without predefined criteria or checklists for what to observe, allowing for flexibility in gathering qualitative data about the gang's behavior and dynamics.
