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ISSUES IN MULTIVARIATE ASSESSMENT OF A LARGE‐SCALE BEHAVIORAL PROGRAM
Author(s) -
Filipczak James,
Archer Margaret B.,
Neale Michael S.,
Winett Richard A.
Publication year - 1979
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.1979.12-593
Subject(s) - psychology , context (archaeology) , consistency (knowledge bases) , program evaluation , medical education , scale (ratio) , applied psychology , adaptation (eye) , medicine , computer science , paleontology , physics , public administration , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , neuroscience , political science , biology
Several social and research issues directly affected the development and implementation of multivariate assessment in a large community‐based applied research program. Examples are drawn from experiences of the Preparation through Responsive Educational Programs Project for disruptive and skill deficient adolescents in suburban, rural, and urban junior high school settings, focusing on the assessment of academic and social skill development and long‐term skill maintenance. The social context altered both project treatment and follow‐up plans, requiring assessment of potentially unintended effects and decreasing consistency across sites. Future community acceptance of such programs may depend on the investigators' adaptation to diverse community pressures for program conduct and assessment and the measurement of phenomena that are not always directly observable.