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A REVIEW OF THE OBSERVATIONAL DATA‐COLLECTION AND RELIABILITY PROCEDURES REPORTED IN THE JOURNAL OF APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS
Author(s) -
Kelly Michael Bryan
Publication year - 1977
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 - 10.1901/jaba.1977.10-97
Subject(s) - observational study , reliability (semiconductor) , inter rater reliability , data collection , psychology , observational methods in psychology , confidence interval , statistics , mathematics , developmental psychology , rating scale , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics
The research published in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis (1968 to 1975) was surveyed for three basic elements: data‐collection methods, reliability procedures, and reliability scores. Three‐quarters of the studies reported observational data. Most of these studies' observational methods were variations of event recording, trial scoring, interval recording, or time‐sample recording. Almost all studies reported assessment of observer reliability, usually total or point‐by‐point percentage agreement scores. About half the agreement scores were consistently above 90%. Less than one‐quarter of the studies reported that reliability was assessed at least once per condition.