1) List and briefl y describe the instruments available for recording data in observational research

1) List and briefl y describe the instruments available for recording data in observational research.

2. What type of instrument would be most appropriate to measure each of the following?

a. To determine if high school chemistry students can use laboratory scales to weigh specifi ed amounts of a given chemical compound

b. How students in the various elementary schools in Brown County compare in math skills

c. How parents feel about an extended school day for elementary schools in the district

d. The general verbal and nonverbal abilities of a child with dyslexia

e. To study bullying in an elementary classroom

f. To get a major professor’s evaluation of the potential of a student for advanced work in chemistry

g. To get a quick measure of students’ attitudes toward the extracurricular programs available at the school