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GENERATING VARIABLE AND RANDOM SCHEDULES OF REINFORCEMENT USING MICROSOFT EXCEL MACROS
Author(s) -
Bancroft Stacie L.,
Bourret Jason C.
Publication year - 2008
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.2008.41-227
Subject(s) - reinforcement , schedule , macro , variable (mathematics) , microsoft excel , random variable , computer science , statistics , mathematics , psychology , operating system , programming language , social psychology , mathematical analysis
Variable reinforcement schedules are used to arrange the availability of reinforcement following varying response ratios or intervals of time. Random reinforcement schedules are subtypes of variable reinforcement schedules that can be used to arrange the availability of reinforcement at a constant probability across number of responses or time. Generating schedule values for variable and random reinforcement schedules can be difficult. The present article describes the steps necessary to write macros in Microsoft Excel that will generate variable‐ratio, variable‐interval, variable‐time, random‐ratio, random‐interval, and random‐time reinforcement schedule values.