Σύγκριση μεθόδων

	Μέθοδος Ημερολογίου	Μη Συμμετοχική Παρατήρηση
Πεδίο	Μεθοδολογία Επισκοπήσεων	Μεθοδολογία Επισκοπήσεων
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	1920s–1940s (systematised by Allport, 1942)	Formalized mid-20th century (Gold 1958); practice dates to late 19th-century social surveys
Δημιουργός	Gordon Allport (systematic social-science use); Nels Anderson (early fieldwork diaries)	Raymond Gold (role typology); earlier roots in social survey movement and Chicago School sociology
Τύπος	Qualitative / mixed-methods data-collection technique	Qualitative / quantitative observational data collection
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Alaszewski, A. (2006). Using Diaries for Social Research. Sage. ISBN: 978-0761941415	Gold, R. L. (1958). Roles in sociological field observations. Social Forces, 36(3), 217–223.
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	diary study, diary technique, self-report diary, daily diary method	detached observation, systematic observation, structured field observation, external observation
Συναφείς	5	5
Σύνοψη	The diary method is a data-collection technique in which participants record their thoughts, behaviours, events, or experiences in their own words at regular or event-contingent intervals over a defined study period. By capturing data close in time to the event, diaries reduce retrospective recall bias and give researchers access to the texture of everyday life as it unfolds — something one-off surveys and retrospective interviews cannot provide.	Non-participant observation is a data-collection method in which the researcher observes behavior, interactions, or events in a natural or structured setting without joining or influencing the activity under study. The observer maintains a deliberate distance from participants to minimize their own effect on the phenomena being recorded, producing field notes, behavioral tallies, or recordings that reflect naturally occurring behavior rather than behavior shaped by researcher involvement.