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PROGRESSING TOWARD DATA INTIMACY: A REVIEW OF WITHIN‐SESSION DATA ANALYSIS
Author(s) -
Fahmie Tara A.,
Hanley Gregory P.
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.2008.41-319
Subject(s) - session (web analytics) , psychology , depiction , sample (material) , behavioral analysis , aggregate data , data science , computer science , cognitive psychology , world wide web , statistics , philosophy , linguistics , chemistry , chromatography , mathematics
Visual inspection of data is a common method for understanding, responding to, and communicating important behavior‐environment relations in single‐subject research. In a field that was once dominated by cumulative, moment‐to‐moment records of behavior, a number of graphic forms currently exist that aggregate data into larger units. In this paper, we describe the continuum of aggregation that ranges from distant to intimate displays of behavioral data. To aid in an understanding of the conditions under which a more intimate analysis is warranted (i.e., one that provides a richer analysis than that provided by condition or session aggregates), we review a sample of research articles for which within‐session data depiction has enhanced the visual analysis of applied behavioral research.