An educational psychologist is investigating peer-imitation behavior (such as mimicking hand gestures or copying drawing patterns) among pre-school children during free-play sessions in a busy nursery. To do this, the researcher uses an observation method, recording the children's interactions for 30 seconds at the start of every 10-minute interval between 9:00 am and 11:30 am.
Describe one weakness of using the observation method in this study.
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