Chapter 5- Improving and assessing the quality of behavior

Question 0

Measurement conducted in a manner such that all instances of the response classes of interest are detected during the observation period

Answer 0

Continuous measurement

Question 1

The extent to which the observed value matches the true value

Answer 1

Accuracy

Question 2

The phenomenon that is the focus of the experiment is exactly the same as the phenomenon being measured

Answer 2

Direct measurement

Question 3

Any form of measurement in which some instances of the response classes of interest may not be detected

Answer 3

Discontinuous measurement

Question 4

What is actually measured is in some way different from the target behavior of interest

Answer 4

Indirect measurement

Question 5

No random measurement error

Answer 5

Measurement bias

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Naive observer

Question 7

The quantitative label produced by measuring an event

Answer 7

Observed value

Question 8

When observers alter, often unknowingly, the way they apply a measurement system.

Answer 8

Observer drift

Question 9

Measurement error resulting from an observers awareness that others are evaluating the data being reported

Answer 9

Observer reactivity

Question 10

The extent to which a measurement procedure yields the same value when brought into repeated contact with the same state of nature

Answer 10

Reliability

Question 11

The measurement yields data that are directly relevant to the phenomenon measured and to the reasons for measuring it.

Answer 11

Validity

Question 12

Enables consumer to judge the data as trustworthy and deserving of interpretation

Answer 12

Believability

Question 13

Comparing the data obtained by a tool against a true value to improve a measurement system and adjust for error

Answer 13

Calibration

Question 14

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

Answer 14

Scored-interval IOA

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Total count IOA

Question 16

Dividing the shorter of the two durations reported by the observers by the longer duration and multiplying it by 100

Answer 16

Total duration IOA

Question 17

The number of trials agreement divided by total number of trials, which is then multiplied by 100

Answer 17

Trial-by-trial IOA

Question 18

A measure obtained by procedures that are independent of and different from the procedures that produced the data being evaluated and for which the researcher has taken special precautions to insure that all possible sources of error have been avoided

Answer 18

True value

Question 19

Only intervals in which either or both observers recorded the no occurrence of the target behavior are considered when calculating this method of IOA

Answer 19

Unscored-interval IOA