SPCE 630 Exam 1

Terms in this set (86) Inconsistent implementation of condition protocols refers to which threat to internal validity? procedural infidelity Which level of scientific understanding includes observation and accurate description of phenomena? description Which level of scientific understanding refers to observing the correlation between two variables? hypothesis Which level of scientific understanding refers to reliable change produced by change in the IV? control SPCE 630 Exam 1 Flashcards | Quizlet 6/4/22, 3:34 PM Page 2 of 15 SCRD differs from group design in that the participant serves as their own control Articles in which researchers report the findings of original research are primary research Articles in which the authors summarize the findings of other researchers are review articles Articles that report statistical analyses from existing research are meta analyses Duration recording is a suitable data collection method for all of the following behaviors except number of times a student engaged in physical aggression Event recording is used to measure behaviors that have a clear beginning and end do not occur at a frequency that is too high to count are brief and temporary Variables manipulated by researchers are known as Independent variables SPCE 630 Exam 1 Flashcards | Quizlet 6/4/22, 3:34 PM Page 3 of 15 Well-designed applied research studies should include systematic study of behaviors in typical environments The committee responsible for examining proposed studies to ensure human participant safety and ethical compliance is the IRB Respect for persons, beneficence, and justice are the ethical principles outlined in the belmont report The same level of risk a participant would encounter in daily life is minimal risk Maximizing potential benefits while minimizing potential harm is beneficence Which of the following is not a function of a literature review? presenting a clear and concise summary of the paper the methods section of a research article provides a detailed operation description of how the was conducted SPCE 630 Exam 1 Flashcards | Quizlet 6/4/22, 3:34 PM Page 4 of 15 the relevance of a 's data is outlined in the discussion the five sections of a final report in order are abstract, introduction, method, results, discussion Which type of recording samples behavior occurrences and provides an estimate of the actual occurrences of the behavior? discontinuous recording When using MTS, occurrences of the target behavior are recorded if the behavior occurs at the end of the interval If observers do not agree on behavior occurrences when collecting data (low IOA), which common problems could be present? observer bias, error, observer drift Whole interval recording tends to underestimate behavior occurrences Which type of validity refers to whether or not the measurement procedures accurately reflect the target behavior being measured?