Experimentation and Experimental Design D-1 to D-6

Question 1

Extrinsic variability assumes behavioral variability is not:

Answer 1

inherent to the individual

Question 2

Experimentation is the basic strategy to:

Answer 2

collect and test information

Question 3

Experimental design:

Specific arrangement of

Answer 3

environmental conditions within an experiment

Question 4

Experimental control is demonstrated when behavior changes in

Answer 4

predictable and orderly manner

Question 5

External validity:

Extent to which results are

Answer 5

Extended to individuals, settings, or behavior

Question 6

History, maturation, testing, instrumentation, diffusion of treatment, etc.: Examples of

Answer 6

threats to internal validity

Question 7

Threat to internal validity:

Other events or changes coincide with IV introduction

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history

Question 8

Threat to internal validity:

Natural development or learning experiences coincide with IV:

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maturation

Question 9

THreat to internal validity:

DV changes from repeated exposure to experimental arrangements:

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testing

Question 10

Threat to internal validity:

Changes in data due to measurement system

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instrumentation

Question 11

Threat to internal validity:

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inadvertent exposure of treatment to control

Question 12

Threat to internal validity:

Changes due to baseline not representing natural state of events

Answer 12

regression towards the mean

Question 13

Threat to internal validity:

Participant assignments may bias the outcome

Answer 13

selection bias

Question 14

Threat to internal validity

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attrition

Question 15

Extraneous variables:

Unrelated events to the

Answer 15

IV may affect the DV

Question 16

Confounds:

Uncontrolled variables that influence the

Answer 16

dependent variable (DV)

Question 17

Confounds can be

Answer 17

known or suspected

Question 18

Multiple-treatment interference:

Analysis results are affected by:

Answer 18

2 or more treatments being combined

Question 19

Sequence effects:

DV effects attributed to:

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Order of experimental control

Question 20

Carryover effects:

Behavior patterns:

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extend from 1 condition into a subsequent condition

Question 21

Demonstrative analysis:

Seeks to determine

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if an intervention is effective

Question 22

Parametric analysis:

Analyzes

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effects of various levels of the IV

Question 23

Component analysis:

Identifies

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which part of a compound IV is producing behavior change

Question 24

Comparative analysis:

Analyzes differential effects of

Answer 24

2 or more IVs on the DV

Question 25

Group designs:

Different individuals in the

Answer 25

experimental and control conditions

Question 26

Single-case designs:

Individuals serve

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as their own control

Question 27

Single-case designs:

Observed through

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repeated observations over time

Question 28

Baseline

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measure of DV before implementing IV

Question 29

Phase change:

Moving from

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1 set of environmental conditions to another

Question 30

Baseline logic compares

Answer 30

predicted and actual values of behavior

Question 31

Baseline logic:

3 parts

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prediction verification, replication

Question 32

Baseline logic helps determine

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effects of the IV

Question 33

A-B design

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1 baseline is followed by 1 intervention phase

Question 34

Reversal design

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baseline and experimental conditions alternate

Question 35

2 variables of experiementation

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Idependent and depedndent variable

Question 36

Experimental designs seek to demonstrate ;

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functional relation

Question 37

2 types of validity in experimental design

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internal and external validity

Question 38

Confounds in experimental design

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multiple-treatment interference
sequence effects
carryover effects

Question 39

Group designs:

Control is

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between groups

Question 40

Group designs:

IV exposure in

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1 condition

Question 41

Group designs:

Numbers/observations

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large numbers, few observations

Question 42

Group designs:

Data analysis through

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statistics

Question 43

Group designs:

IV introduction is

Answer 43

randomized and matched

Question 44

Group designs:

Generalization through

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random selection and assignment

Question 45

Single-case designs:

Control is

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within individuals

Question 46

Single-case designs:

IV exposure in

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all conditions

Question 47

Single-case designs:

Numbers/observations

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small numbers, many observations

Question 48

Single-case designs:

Data analysis through

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visual analysis

Question 49

Single-case designs:

IV introduction when

Answer 49

DV is stable

Question 50

Single-case designs:

Generalization through

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replication

Question 51

Basis for all other experimental designs:

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A-B design