Unit 4

Question 1

The horizontal axis (x-axis) on a graph.

Answer 1

Abscissa

Question 2

A simple and versatile graphic format for summarizing behavioral data that is similar to a line graph, but does not have distinct data points representing successive response measures over time.

Answer 2

Bar graph

Question 3

A type of graph in which the cumulative number of responses emitted is represented on the vertical axis; the steeper the slope of the data path, the greater the response rate.

Answer 3

Cumulative record

Question 4

A device that automatically draws cumulative records (graph) that show the rate of response in real time; each time a response is emitted, a pen moves upward across paper that continuously moves at a constant speed.

Answer 4

Cumulative recorder

Question 5

The results of measurement, usually in quantifiable form.

Answer 5

Data

Question 6

The level and trend of behavior between successive data points, created by drawing a straight line from the center of each data point in a given data set to the center of the next data point in the same set.

Answer 6

Data path

Question 7

The variable in an experiment which is measured to determine whether it changes as a result of manipulations of the independent variable.

Answer 7

Dependent variable

Question 8

A visual representation of the occurrence of behavior over time

Answer 8

Graph

Question 9

The variable that is systematically manipulated by the researcher in an experiment to see whether changes produce reliable changes to the dependent variable.

Answer 9

Independent variable

Question 10

The value on the vertical axis around which a series of behavioral measures converge.

Answer 10

Level

Question 11

Based on a Cartesian plane, a two-dimensional area formed by the intersection of two perpendicular lines, where any point within the plane represents a specific relation between the two dimensions described by the intersecting lines.

Answer 11

Line graph

Question 12

The average rate of response during a smaller period of time within a larger period for which an overall response rate has been given.

Answer 12

Local response rate

Question 13

The rate of response over a given time period.

Answer 13

Overall response rate

Question 14

A two-dimensional graph that shows the relative distribution of individual measures in a data set with respect to the variables depicted in the x and y-axis; data points are unconnected.

Answer 14

Scatterplot

Question 15

A two-dimensional graph with a logarithmic scaled y-axis so that equal distances on the vertical axis represent changes in behavior of equal proportion.

Answer 15

Semi-logarithmic chart

Question 16

A line drawn through a series of graphed data points that shows the overall trend in the data.

Answer 16

Split middle line of progress

Question 17

A multiply-divide chart with six base-10 cycles on the vertical axis that can accommodate response rates as low as 1 per 24 hours to as high as 1,000 per minute.

Answer 17

Standard Celeration Chart

Question 18

The overall direction taken by a data path.

Answer 18

Trend

Question 19

The frequency and extent to which multiple measures of behavior yield different outcomes.

Answer 19

Variability

Question 20

A systematic approach for interpreting the results of behavioral research and treatment programs that entails visual inspection of graphed data for variability, level, and trend within and between experimental conditions.

Answer 20

Visual analysis