Chapter 5- Improving and assessing the quality of behavior Flashcards
Measurement conducted in a manner such that all instances of the response classes of interest are detected during the observation period
Continuous measurement
The phenomenon that is the focus of the experiment is exactly the same as the phenomenon being measured
Direct measurement
Any form of measurement in which some instances of the response classes of interest may not be detected
Discontinuous measurement
What is actually measured is in some way different from the target behavior of interest
Indirect measurement
No random measurement error
Measurement bias
A trained observer who is unaware of the study’s purpose and/or the experimental conditions in effect during a given phase or observation period
Naive observer
The quantitative label produced by measuring an event
Observed value
When observers alter, often unknowingly, the way they apply a measurement system.
Observer drift
Measurement error resulting from an observers awareness that others are evaluating the data being reported
Observer reactivity
The extent to which a measurement procedure yields the same value when brought into repeated contact with the same state of nature
Reliability
The measurement yields data that are directly relevant to the phenomenon measured and to the reasons for measuring it.
Validity
Enables consumer to judge the data as trustworthy and deserving of interpretation
Believability
Comparing the data obtained by a tool against a true value to improve a measurement system and adjust for error
Calibration
Only those intervals in which either or both observers recorded the occurrence of the target behavior are used to calculate for this method of IOA
Scored-interval IOA
A percentage of agreement between the total number of responses recorded by two observers and is calculated by dividing the smaller of the counts by the larger count and multiplying by 100
Total count IOA
