Talk:Single-subject research

citations

yep. I need 'em. --florkle 06:31, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

For the missing citation under multiple baseline you could probably IBID either reference 11 or 12, both of these texts more or less say this though parts of the statement are awkward and somewhat incorrect. A possible improvement would be..."Differential changes (and not just changes but rather improvements would be even more accurate) to each behavior that co-occur with the implementation of the treatment variable in each succeeding baseline strengthen..." You could go a bit further with it as well, for instance.. "Carr pointed out (Carr. J.E., (2005). Recommendations for reporting multiple-baseline designs across participants. Behavioral Interventions, Vol 20, Iss 3, 219-224) that multiple baseline is an improvement over AB design in that it controls specifically for history effects and the number treatment sessions.

For the other missing citation under Multipleprobe (I would prefer it be written Multiple-Probe) is actually a variant of multiple baseline and not any other single case design that I know of. If this is put under that heading it would probably be an improvement. Also the only difference between a multiple-probe and a multiple baseline is that repeated measures are not used in each of the baselines; data is collected just once prior to the treatment condition usually with the aim to confirm that the student cannot emit the behavior. If it's put this way, then you can reference citation #11. I imagine this pertains to the reference about "popular in verbal behavior" because people that draw upon verbal behavior research often work with children with autism who often having a long history of not emitting verbal behavior - although nothing about this popularity is suggested in citation 11 (Cooper et al) that I can recall.

71.75.161.136 (talk) 16:41, 28 August 2015 (UTC)

experiment

the heading for experiment suffers the usual "big group" bias and has no small-n, single subject entry. When this page is mature I will try to roll it into experiment. --florkle 07:17, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Merge Possible?

Should we merge this page and Single Subject Design? thanks!Josh.Pritchard.DBA (talk) 17:27, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Statistical methods

Although the usual "psychological statistics" are not prominent in behavior analysis, they aren't exactly missing either. Statistical methods are occasionally presented in JABA/JEAB articles (I recall seeing someone tabulate it once and it was something like 10% ? iirc). Skinner's Verbal Behavior is also oddly amenable to statistical methods as I recall. I think it may be more ideological correctness to abjure the role of statistics in ABA/EAB. Fwiw. florkle (talk) 02:51, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

extreme small-n 'only appropriate' cut

I am not sure what the message here is. To say "small n is the extreme form of small-n" suggests that it is somehow odd or unnecessary. Also, it implies that the slight misnomer of "single subject" means just one.

Second, the "used where quasi is only appropriate" is wholly incorrect. Small n research designs are used where tight functional relationships are sought out for illumination not because "other (presumably better) methods are unavailable". Small n is powerful and is not a last-ditch or "best fit for the desperate" experimental method. florkle (talk) 03:32, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

Merge & Expand Pages

I don't know how to merge this page with Single Subject Design but I think it should be done. I am going to add some additional information (e.g., single subject designs that are widely used but not mentioned here). —Preceding unsigned comment added by JenniferLedford (talk • contribs) 01:45, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

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