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Question 1

What four things does an operational definition need to be

Answer 1

Objective, Measurable, Observable, and Clear

Question 2

Within an operational definition a behavior analysist should provide hypothetical _____ and _____

Answer 2

examples and non examples of what the behavior does and doesn’t look like

Question 3

What type of measurement involves measuring the behavior itself. (observer must be physically present) Eg: frequency nd duration

Answer 3

Direct Measurement

Question 4

What type of measurement involves measuring a behavior that differs from the target behavior itself

Answer 4

Indirect Measurement

Question 5

What type of measurement measures behavior based on the effects on the environment

Answer 5

Product Measurement

Question 6

What type of measurement involves measure the effect a behavior has on its environment after the behavior has happened.

Answer 6

Permanent Product

Question 7

Behavioral interviews and Behavior rating scales are types of ____

Answer 7

indirect measures

Question 8

measure of behavior that combines the count of a behavior with a temporal dimension of a behavior eg: 4 times in an hour

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Frequency

Question 9

measure of behavior is the average of how many times in a given time period that behavior occurs
eg: 2 worksheets the first hour, 3 worksheets the 2nd hour. Rate is 2.5/hour

Answer 9

Rate

Question 10

a measure of the number of correct responses divided by the number of opportunities to respond

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Percentage

Question 11

A tally of how many times a behavior occurred without respect to time

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Count

Question 12

The measure of how long the behavior occurs (per session or per occurrence)

Answer 12

Duration

Question 13

The measure of the time between the presentation of a stimulus and the occurrence of the behavior

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Latency

Question 14

Setting a timer for 10 minutes and recording whether the student was in his seat when the interval ended

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Time Sampling

Question 15

Setting a timer for 5 minutes and recording whether the student left his seat at any time during the interval

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Partial Interval Recording

Question 16

Setting a timer for 2 minutes and recording whether the student remained in his seat the entire 2 minutes

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Whole interval recording

Question 17

Pro’s for what method:
high rates of behavior that have a distinct beginning and end and tells how long a behavior occurs

Answer 17

Duration

Question 18

Pro’s for what method:
Greater accuracy than frequency, tracks how often in specified period

Answer 18

Rate

Question 19

Pro’s for what method:
Tells you how many times a behavior occurs, simpler to collect

Answer 19

Frequency

Question 20

Pro’s for what method:
Easier to collect high rate behavior and beneficial if you’re trying to decrease behavior, can stop observing during an interval if behavior occurs once

Answer 20

Partial interval recoring

Question 21

Pro’s for what method:
Beneficial if you’re trying to increase a behavior

Answer 21

Whole interval recording

Question 22

Pro’s for what method:
only have to observe at the end of the interval, great for a caregiver who has other children or tasks to attend to
low frequency behaviors

Answer 22

momentary time sampling

Question 23

Cons for what method:
doesn’t provide information about how many times the behavior occurs, time consuming and difficult if you are unable to continuously observe the client

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Duration

Question 24

Cons for what method:
More response effort, have to track the duration of the observation, can be time consuming and difficult if you are unable to continuously observe the client

Answer 24

Rate

Question 25

Cons for what method: does not take into account both observation time and frequency, can be time consuming and difficult if you are unable to continuously observe the client

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Frequency

Question 26

Cons for what method: May inflate the occurrence of behavior due to the fact that the behavior only has to occur once during the interval, can be difficult if the caregiver has other children or tasks to attend to

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Partial interval recording and whole interval recording

Question 27

Cons for what method: May miss some instances of behavior, data may be inaccurate

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Momentary time sampling

Question 28

Specific instance of behavior within respect to other points of interest

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Temporal Locus

Question 29

The amount of time that elapses between two consecutive instances of a response class eg: he starts his math sheet no problem but takes a long time between problems

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Interresponse Time

Question 30

Measure of the total number of response opportunities need to achieve a predetermined level of performance

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Trial to Criterion

Question 31

The measure of the acceleration or deceleration of response rates across time

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Celleration

Question 32

Count/Freqency, Rate, Clleration are:

Answer 32

Repeatability

Question 33

Latency and Interresponse time are:

Answer 33

Temporal Locus

Question 34

Duration is

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Temporal Extent

Question 35

Percent of occurrence and trials to criterion are:

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Derivative measures

Question 36

Manitude and topography are:

Answer 36

definitional measures

Question 37

whole interval, partial interval, momentary time sampling, placheck are:

Answer 37

time sampling

Question 38

Intensity of the behavior

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Magnitude

Question 39

The way a behavior looks

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Topography

Question 40

Achievement of the specified performance goal - proficiency

Answer 40

Mastery

Question 41

Is the behavior occurring at the end of the predetermined interval for a GROUP of students

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PLACHECK (planned activity check)

Question 42

What 3 things must observers have for inter-observer reliability

Answer 42

Use the same measurement system measure the same events must be independent

Question 43

IOR for data obtained by event recording

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Total count IOR Mean count-per interval IOR Exact cot-per-interval IOR Trial by trial IOR

Question 44

IOR for Data obtained by Interval Recording/Time Sampling

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Interval-by Interval IOR Scored Interval IOR Unscored interval IOR

Question 45

IOR for data obtained by timing

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Total Duration IOR Mean duration-per-occurrence IOR

Question 46

Use when an occurrence is seen by either observer

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Scored interval IOR

Question 47

At least one observer did not see the behavior

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unscored Interval IOR

Question 48

number of trials in agreement

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trial by trial

Question 49

number of intervals at 100%

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exact count per interval

Question 50

the extent to which the observed value of a variable corresponds to the true value of that variable

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accuracy

Question 51

the extent to which a measurement is consistnt/repeatable

Answer 51

Reliability

Question 52

the extent to which a study measured the variable(s) it intended to measure

Answer 52

validity

Question 53

what measurement involves measuring every instance of the target behavior

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Continuous measurement

Question 54

what measurement measures some but not all instances of the target behavior

Answer 54

Discontinuous measurement

Question 55

what measurement measures the number of times a behavior occurs and can also include discrete trial behaviors

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Event Recording

Question 56

What are the pro's of continuous measurement

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captures every instance of a behavior of interest

Question 57

What are the pro's of discontinuous measurement

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measure behavior of multiple individuals at once

Question 58

what are the cons of discontinuous measurement

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may overestimate or underestimate behaviors of interest, may threaten the validity of a study

Question 59

what are the pro's of event recording

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easy to do, useful for behaviors with easily identified beginnings and endings

Question 60

what are the cons of event recording

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difficult to use with behaviors that occur at high rates or continuous behaviors (eg on task)

Question 61

What type of graph has evenly spaced segments on the vertical axis and each segment is the same numerical distance from the one above and below it

Answer 61

Equal-Interval Graph

Question 62

What type of graph uses rectangular bars rather than individual points to represent the data

Answer 62

Bar Graph

Question 63

What type of graph where new instances of a behavior or response are added in addition to all previous instances of the behavior or response

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Cumulative Record

Question 64

The point on the y-axis where the the behavioral measure converge

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Level

Question 65

the ____ of a graph demonstrates the direction in which the data path is going. It can be increasing, decreasing or zero

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Trend

Question 66

The degree of difference among repeated measures of a particular behavior or response (stable or changing a lot)

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Variability

Question 67

A change in the phase (condition) of the study. This is important in helping to determine whether an IV had a significant effect on the DV

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Phase Change line

Question 68

The connection of all the successive data points within a particular phase

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Data Path

Question 69

vertical axis (usually occurrence of behavior)

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Y-Axis

Question 70

Horizontal axis (usually sessions, days, time)

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X-Axis

Question 71

Mr. Mason wants to collect data on her students to see how the class is performing overall. What time sampling procedure would you recommend?

Answer 71

PLACHECK

Question 72

Stephanie coughed 18 times during a 3 hour session, what is the rate at which Stephanie coughed

Answer 72

6 time per hour

Question 73

George takes forever to put his shoes on when asked to wear his shoes. What type of measurement procedure should you consider using

Answer 73

Response latency

Question 74

Joanna wants to collect data on humming to determine a baseline rate. What type of data collection would be most appropriate

Answer 74

Rate

Question 75

A teacher wants to collect data on 1 student in relation to the class but has limited time and resources. what data collection should she use

Answer 75

Whole interval recording

Question 76

What IOR is most stringent in calculating event recording data

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Exact count-per-interval IOR

Question 77

In hopes to reduce the amount of time it takes for the client to take out the trash after being asked. What dimension of behavior should she measure to target the behavioral goal

Answer 77

Latency

Question 78

A teacher wants to measure her students ability to follow directions independently. What method of data collection should she use to measure accuracy

Answer 78

Permanent product recording