Chapter 13

Question 1

differs from a true experiment in that the researchers do not have full experimental control

Answer 1

quasi-experiment

Question 2

all participants plan to receive treatment but are randomly assigned to do so at different times

Answer 2

wait-list design

Question 3

a study in which researchers gather information from just a few cases

Answer 3

small-N design

Question 4

a study in which researchers gather information from only one animal or one person

Answer 4

single-N design

Question 5

a study in which a practitioner or researcher observes behavior for an extended baseline period before beginning a treatment or other intervention

Answer 5

stable-baseline design

Question 6

researchers stagger their introduction of an intervention across a variety of individuals, times, or situations to rule out alternative explanations

Answer 6

multiple-baseline design

Question 7

a researcher observes a problem behavior both with and without treatment, but takes the treatment away for a while to see whether the problem behavior returns

Answer 7

reversal design