Chapter 13 - Single-Case Experimental Research

Question 1

How is a Single-Case Experimental Research similar to a single case study and and experimental study?

Answer 1

involves the manipulation of one variable and controlling of other variables but focuses on a single person

Question 2

How do Single-Case Experimental Research control the extraneous variables?

Answer 2

1. Baseline observations (to show what behavior was like before treatment)
2. Repeated observation(to ensure that outside factors are not influencing behavior
3. Replication of treatment effects (to show that the treatment always causes the change in behavior)

Question 3

Why is a graph itself is not enough to show that the treatment causes changes in behaviour?

Answer 3

• No control over extraneous variables

Question 4

How are single-case designs similar to other experimental designs?

Answer 4

They are capable of determining cause-and-effect relationships.

Question 5

Why do single-case designs use a series of observations of the same individual under the same conditions?

Answer 5

To ensure that the observed behavior is not being influenced by outside variables

Question 6

A series of observations of the same individual under the same conditions is known as a…

Answer 6

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