Taavi works in an office and has been asked to conduct an observation of employees' doodling. He is aiming to observe their doodling and what else they are doing while they doodle.

Mark scheme

Marking points from the official mark scheme (May/June 2018). The mark or mark type is shown in brackets.

1. [1] (a) Identification of behavioural categories (what behaviours will be recorded, e.g., doodling, other work)
2. [1] (a) Operationalisation of each behavioural category (clear definitions for each behaviour)
3. [1] (a) Description of how the observation is conducted (e.g., naturalistic/controlled, structured/unstructured, covert/overt, participant/non-participant - at least two of these)
4. [1] (a) Description of the sampling technique (e.g., time sampling, event sampling)
5. [1] (a) Description of the sample size (number of employees)
6. [1] (a) Description of how tallying or recording of data will be done
7. [1] (a) Description of how data will be analysed (e.g., use of averages, bar charts, themes)
8. [1] (a) Consideration of ethical issues (e.g., informed consent, privacy, confidentiality)
9. [4] (b) Appropriate problem identified and appropriate solution is clearly described
10. [2] (b) Appropriate problem identified with either an explanation of why it is a problem OR an ineffectual but possible solution described
11. [1] (b) Appropriate problem identified with little or no justification