Beau Bialczyk

Naturalistic Observation Lab

Introduction:

In this naturalistic observation lab, I will be observing who is on there phone versus who

is not on there phone at a restaurant, in this case Buffalo Wild Wings. I will break them down

into three groups: adults, teens, and kids. I will observe why they are on there phone; are they

calling, texting, or looking something up. I will take notes and provide data to provide an

answer. Are more people on there phones instead of socializing with their friends? I will spend

30–45 minutes on a Saturday evening observing half of Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant if more

people are on there phones than you might think.

My hypothesis:

I hypothesize that more than 50% of the people at a restaurant get on their phone for at

least one minute or more, but I think that teens get on their phones the most.

Data:

adults teens kids total

on phone one minute or more 3 4 1 8

not on phone 11 13 3 27

total 14 17 4 35

Notes:

Only 3 people were on their phones while eating of those 3 only one was by

himself

Some people glanced at their phones for a second to see who it was but not long

enough to mark them down

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Teenagers came in groups and talked the whole time

Two families came in but only one gave his phone to his son

Analysis:

In the naturalistic observation lab, the results were not what I had expected. I did not

expect less than 30% off the people at Buffalo Wild Wings to be on their phone, although I had

expected for there to be more teens on their phone than anyone else, that I was correct.

Something I can take away from this lab is someone is more likely to be on their phone if they

are sitting alone or that the conversation that is going on around them doesn’t pique their

interest. I think I could’ve altered the data if I marked people down for just looking at their

phone because then I wouldn’t be able to tell if they were looking at their food or phone. When

in the situation of family more people tend to be on their phone, but when it comes to a large

group of friends hardly anyone even looks at their phone, unless perhaps their mom texts them

to be home at a certain time. What can be made about this lab is that people resort to their

phones in situations they need a distraction or just something to keep them busy.
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