Measurement: Questions / Answers

Question 1

Sally is recording a client’s behavior. She starts the stopwatch when the client begins screaming and stops the stopwatch when the client stops screaming. What type of measurement procedure is she using?

Answer 1

Duration

Question 2

Paul wants a quick and easy way to record 5 different students’ task engagement. What type of measurement procedure should he use?

Answer 2

Momentary Time Sampling

Question 3

Tony reported his data collection as a percentage of intervals with occurrence. What type of data collection is he using?

Answer 3

Discontinuous Measurement Procedure or Interval Procedure

Question 4

A client of Mary’s takes a very long time to start getting dressed after instruction. What type of data collection would be appropriate?

Answer 4

Latency

Question 5

Tom does not have a lot of time to collect data on a client’s social engagement during play. What type of measurement should he use?

Answer 5

Whole Interval Recording

Question 6

Harry wants to record how many times his client hits. He should use a _________________ count and report the data as ____________________.

Answer 6

Frequency, rate

Question 7

An interval recording procedure that overestimates behavior is ______________________.

Answer 7

Partial Interval Recording

Question 8

_____________________ measurement is the most valid and preferred type of data collection.

Answer 8

Continuous

Question 9

Recording the number of pieces of clothing a person folded is called ______________________.

Answer 9

Permanent Product Recording

Question 10

Paul starts a stopwatch when a behavior ends and stops the stopwatch when the next behavior begins. This is called _____________________.

Answer 10

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