D02 Distinguish Between Internal and External Validity

Question 1

Which is an example of strengthening internal validity? The pronoun teaching procedure

Answer 1

Was carried out with 97.5% accuracy in both the day and residential program

Question 2

Which is an example of establishing external validity? The SIB interruption procedure

Answer 2

Also worked with two other 5-year-olds with ASD

Question 3

Internal validity can be threatened by confounding variables related to the

Answer 3

Independent variable

Question 4

Threats to internal validity include

Answer 4

Maturation of subjects, loss of study participants, history, variability in the data

Question 5

The external validity of research in behavior analysis is established through

Answer 5

Direct and systematic replication

Question 6

Internal validity addresses which question?

Answer 6

Is the behavior change due only to the intervention?

Question 7

Select examples of strengthening internal validity in single subject research

Answer 7

Each phase continued until there were 5 consecutive days of stable data on screaming.
Data collection began after the two observers reached 90% IOA in the occurrence of spitting.
The social skills post-assessment occurred at least 6 months after the same pre-assessment

Question 8

The generality of a study’s finding to other settings, subjects, and behaviors is

Answer 8

External validity

Question 9

Which is an example of establishing external validity? The SIB interruption procedure

Answer 9

Was successful in reducing the behavior at home and in school

Question 10

External validity addresses the degree to which

Answer 10

A functional relation holds under different conditions

Question 11

An individual study in behavior analysis does not have external validity because

Answer 11

Replication within the same study or across studies is needed

Question 12

Threats to internal validity include

Answer 12

Multiple treatment interference
Coincidentally intervening at the same time behavior changes
Procedural drift

Question 13

Internal validity can be threatened by confounding variables related to the

Answer 13

Measurement

Question 14

Threats to internal validity include

Answer 14

Multiple treatment interference
Coincidentally intervening at the same time behavior changes
Testing effects
"Bootleg" reinforcement
Procedural drift