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Visual analysis of data in a multielement design
Author(s) -
Diller James W.,
Barry Robert J.,
Gelino Brett W.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of applied behavior analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1938-3703
pISSN - 0021-8855
DOI - 10.1002/jaba.325
Subject(s) - psychology , affect (linguistics) , research design , statistics , applied psychology , clinical psychology , audiology , medicine , communication , mathematics
Ninety Board Certified Behavior Analysts ( BCBAs ) and 19 editorial board members evaluated hypothetical data presented in a multielement design. We manipulated the variability, trend, and mean shift of the data and asked the participants to determine if the data demonstrated experimental control. The results showed that variability, trend, and mean shift interacted to affect the participants’ ratings of experimental control. The level of agreement between participants was variable, but was generally lower than in previous research.