C03 Measure Occurrence- Frequency & Rate Part 2

Question 1

During a 10-minute observation, the first instance of SIB occurred 1 second after the staff request. Instances did not occur after the second, third, or fourth request. Each instance of SIB lasted 25 seconds. What was the percent of SIB occurrence given a staff request?

Answer 1

25%

Question 2

Event recording would not be appropriate for measuring which of the following behaviors?

Answer 2

Crying

Question 3

Use percent of occurrences only if there is a minimum of _____ opportunities.

Answer 3

30

Question 4

Percent of occurrences based on too few opportunities yields

Answer 4

Over or under estimated results

Question 5

So that frequency measures can be meaningfully compared across observation sessions when the target response is opportunity-bound or trial-bound frequency measures should

Answer 5

Be converted to percent of opportunities to respond

Question 6

Event recording is best suited to the measurement of responses that

Answer 6

Have a discrete ending and beginning

Question 7

A student is to increase the amount of time he interacts with peers. The best measure is

Answer 7

Duration

Question 8

During a 4-minute observation, the first instance of SIB occurred 1 second after the staff request. The second instance occurred 1 second after another staff request. Instances did not occur after the third and fourth request. Each instance of SIB lasted 25 seconds. What was the percent of SIB occurrence given a staff request?

Answer 8

50%

Question 9

Event recording is most likely to be appropriate for measuring which of the following behaviors?

Answer 9

Self-injurious head banging

Question 10

Event recording is a useful measure when the goal of an intervention is to

Answer 10

Increase or decrease the number of times a target behavior occurs

Question 11

Continuous recording procedures involve recording

Answer 11

The occurrence of all instances of a target behavior

Question 12

Event recording is not appropriate for measuring responses that

Answer 12

All the above:
Occur so rapidly that observers cannot keep pace with recording every instance.
Vary widely in duration.
Do not have a clear and distinct onset and offset.

Question 13

Every day after dinner, a child is to put his plate in the sink. Which formula calculates percent of occurrences?

Answer 13

of times plate was put in the sink divided by # of dinners (x100)

Question 14

So that frequency measures can be meaningfully compared across observation sessions when the duration of observation sessions varies, frequency measures should

Answer 14

Be converted to response rate

Question 15

Event recording is a frequency measure also referred to as

Answer 15

The tally method