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Distribution of Reported Durations of Behavior in Applied Behavioral Research
Author(s) -
Sharp Rebecca A.,
Mudford Oliver C.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
behavioral interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.605
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1099-078X
pISSN - 1072-0847
DOI - 10.1002/bin.1417
Subject(s) - psychology , behavioral analysis , range (aeronautics) , applied behavior analysis , behavioral pattern , reliability (semiconductor) , dimension (graph theory) , statistics , cognitive psychology , developmental psychology , computer science , mathematics , engineering , power (physics) , physics , software engineering , quantum mechanics , autism , pure mathematics , aerospace engineering
Duration is a commonly measured dimension of behavior in behavioral research and clinical practice. An approach to studies of measurement in behavior analysis is to simulate streams of behavior from which samples can be extracted. It is therefore important to establish a typical range and distribution of behavioral durations on which simulated behavioral data should be based. We conducted an analysis of behavioral durations reported in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis between 2008 and 2012. The range and distribution of data points across different durations will be presented, as well as an analysis of the reliability of the software used to measure each data point. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.