Exam 15: Selecting a Research Design for a Single Client

The statistical question to pursue when you use the ABA single-subject research design is whether the treatment data are better than the data during the two baseline periods.

What is the data collection structure for the AB single-subject design?

When you employ the AB single-subject research, what is/are the questions that you must answer affirmatively in order to report that your data supported your hypothesis?

How many different types of treatment (e.g., cognitive-behavioral therapy, psychodynamic therapy, tutoring, etc.) are included in the ABAB single-subject research study?

Consider the following data analysis question: "Are the treatment scores significantly more positive than a horizontal line?" For which research design is this question most relevant?

With the limited AB single-subject design, you will have only one measure of the client target behavior during the baseline period.

When you employ the BC single-subject design, you have ______.

The analysis of data for the single-subject research study includes the pursuit of the following questions: (1) Did the data show client growth? (2) Were the data amenable to statistical analysis? (3) Are the data statistically significant?

When you employ the ABAB single-subject design, you are evaluating two different interventions.

After you select your client for your single-subject research study, what is the next step in the process of evaluation?

The BC single-subject design has one baseline period and one treatment period.

Which of the following statements about single-subject research designs is true?

How many baseline periods are included in the ABAB single-subject research study?

Which of the following is/are examples of a single-subject research design?

Which of the following is/are examples of single-subject research designs?