SPCE 630 final exam review solution Ball
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Threats to internal validity include: - -- History, maturation, testing, procedural infidelity
Events that occur during the experiment but that are not related to planned procedural changes that
may influence the outcomes. - -- History
Changes in behavior due to the passage of time. - -- Maturation
Occurs when participants need to respond to the same test repeatedly during a baseline or probe
condition, which influences responding. - -- Testing
Threats related to the measurement system, and are of concern because of repeated measurement by
human observers who may make errors. - -- Instrumentation
Inconsistent implementation of the experimental condition. - -- Procedural Infidelity
The loss of participants during a study, which limits the generality of findings. - -- Attrition
Occurs when a participant's behavior is influenced by more than one planned intervention during the
course of a study. - -- Multiple Treatment Intreference
, A type of data instability that refers to a repeated and predictable pattern in the data series over
time. - -- Cyclical Variability
Carryover effects: - -- NOT: Is best described as the effect of a procedure used in one condition on
responding in an adjacent condition.
The hypothesis that assumes that sample observations are influenced by some non-random cause is: -
-- The alternative hypothesis
Amanda is an RBT at an ABA clinic. She is working with her client, Jerrell, to decrease aggressive
behaviors (i.e., biting others). She has collected data for the frequency of Jerrell's bites for three
weeks. Calculate the mean, median, and mode of the following data set (round to the nearest whole
number):
Week 1: 22, 31, 20, 32, 32
Week 2: 7, 8, 13, 31, 17
Week 3: 16, 5, 9, 12, 15 - -- Mean = 18, Median =16, Mode = 31, 32
Dr. Jones wanted to know if the use of the Good Behavior Game decreased rates of disruptive
behaviors in an elementary school. Dr. Jones collected data throughout the duration of the school
year across two elementary schools. In school A, all k-6 classrooms used the Good Behavior Game. In
School B, no classrooms used the Good Behavior Game. At the end of the school year, Dr. Jones
shouted, "Eureka! The Good Behavior Game works," when in fact it had no impact on student
disruptive behavior. This is an example of: - -- A Type I Error
The primary purpose of the literature review is to: - -- All of the above
Which of the following is true about single-case research design? - -- The participant serves as his or
her own control.
These graphs demonstrate which of the following: - -- Inter-subject replication with an A/B/A/B
design
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Threats to internal validity include: - -- History, maturation, testing, procedural infidelity
Events that occur during the experiment but that are not related to planned procedural changes that
may influence the outcomes. - -- History
Changes in behavior due to the passage of time. - -- Maturation
Occurs when participants need to respond to the same test repeatedly during a baseline or probe
condition, which influences responding. - -- Testing
Threats related to the measurement system, and are of concern because of repeated measurement by
human observers who may make errors. - -- Instrumentation
Inconsistent implementation of the experimental condition. - -- Procedural Infidelity
The loss of participants during a study, which limits the generality of findings. - -- Attrition
Occurs when a participant's behavior is influenced by more than one planned intervention during the
course of a study. - -- Multiple Treatment Intreference
, A type of data instability that refers to a repeated and predictable pattern in the data series over
time. - -- Cyclical Variability
Carryover effects: - -- NOT: Is best described as the effect of a procedure used in one condition on
responding in an adjacent condition.
The hypothesis that assumes that sample observations are influenced by some non-random cause is: -
-- The alternative hypothesis
Amanda is an RBT at an ABA clinic. She is working with her client, Jerrell, to decrease aggressive
behaviors (i.e., biting others). She has collected data for the frequency of Jerrell's bites for three
weeks. Calculate the mean, median, and mode of the following data set (round to the nearest whole
number):
Week 1: 22, 31, 20, 32, 32
Week 2: 7, 8, 13, 31, 17
Week 3: 16, 5, 9, 12, 15 - -- Mean = 18, Median =16, Mode = 31, 32
Dr. Jones wanted to know if the use of the Good Behavior Game decreased rates of disruptive
behaviors in an elementary school. Dr. Jones collected data throughout the duration of the school
year across two elementary schools. In school A, all k-6 classrooms used the Good Behavior Game. In
School B, no classrooms used the Good Behavior Game. At the end of the school year, Dr. Jones
shouted, "Eureka! The Good Behavior Game works," when in fact it had no impact on student
disruptive behavior. This is an example of: - -- A Type I Error
The primary purpose of the literature review is to: - -- All of the above
Which of the following is true about single-case research design? - -- The participant serves as his or
her own control.
These graphs demonstrate which of the following: - -- Inter-subject replication with an A/B/A/B
design
