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FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS METHODOLOGY: SOME CLOSING COMMENTS
Author(s) -
Iwata Brian A.
Publication year - 1994
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.1994.27-413
Subject(s) - identification (biology) , psychology , functional analysis , closing (real estate) , management science , research methodology , data science , computer science , medicine , population , biochemistry , chemistry , botany , environmental health , biology , political science , law , gene , economics
Functional analysis methodologies have emerged as powerful tools in research on the assessment and treatment of severe behavior disorders. Although the defining feature of these approaches is the systematic identification of environmental determinants of behavior, research methodology has varied widely with respect to the arrangements used to demonstrate experimental control as well as the types of variables subject to analysis. This commentary summarizes methodological and conceptual issues that have been raised in current research and offers some suggestions for their resolution.