Student Resource - Chimpanzee behaviour for learning or teaching 'group scan sampling' 

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This is a series three of short (each about two and a half minutes) video sequence 'sessions' suitable for teaching behavioural sampling on primate groups. Each sampling session highlights different considerations for designing a sampling proceedure. The first session can be used to highlight difficulties of continuous sampling on animal groups and the importance of considering how to deal with 'visibility issues'. The second session allows students to trial a form of 'group scan sampling' and consider how to deal with 'rarer behaviours' that might otherwise be missed. The third session allows students to fine tune their method.
The chimpanzees are in the Budongo Trail exhibit in Edinburgh Zoo and are receiving a feed of sweet potatoes.
A longer sequence of behaviour of capuchin monkeys for students to practice with or for learning 'focal individual' and 'continuous' sampling is here:
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Methods for behavioural sampling can be found in:
Altmann J. 1974. Observational study of behavior: sampling methods. Behaviour 49: 227-267 [reprinted in Foundations of Animal Behavior, L.D. Houck & L.C. Drickamer, eds. U Chicago Press, 1996]. PDF here: princeton.edu/~baboon/publications/1974Behav49.pdf
Martin, P. & Bateson. P. (2007) Measuring Behaviour: An Introductory Guide. 3rd edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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