observerhour
Observerhour is a unit of measurement used in research and fieldwork to quantify the amount of time an observer spends performing active data collection, recording, or analysis. It is analogous to a person-hour and is typically defined as one hour of an individual’s active observation.
Measurement and definition: One observerhour equals 60 minutes of a single observer engaged in specified activities,
Contexts and usage: Observerhour is used in planning, budgeting, and reporting labor in projects with substantial
Examples: In the field season, researchers documented 320 observerhours, distributed among three teams.
Advantages and limitations: The metric is simple and scalable, but it assumes equal effort across observers
See also: Person-hour; Work measurement; Research effort metrics; Observer effect.