Advanced ABA Quiz 1

Graphs are considered a ______ _______; devices that help the practitioner or experimenter interpret results of a study or treatment.

• Judgemental aid
• Treatment aid
• Statistical tool
• Proper decision

Logarithmic scales are well suited to display and communicate _________ change.

• Proportional
• Simple
• Traditional
• Sequential

This type of graph provides a standardized means of charting and analyzing how the frequency of behavior changes over time.

• Scatterplot
• Celeration graph
• Standard Celeration graph
• Bar graph

Precision teaching focuses on ______ rather than the specific frequency of correct and incorrect responses.

• Celeration
• Rate
• Speed
• Time

________ _________ enhances the understanding of natural phenomena by enabling scientists to describe behavior accurately.

• Independent observation
• Systematic observation
• Subjective observation
• Variable presentation

A student's changing level of interest and background knowledge in algebra, during a study on the effects of response card quiz reviews on next-day quiz performance is a potential ______ ______ to the investigation and should be monitored.

• Reliability variable
• Systems variable
• Application variable
• Confounding variable

A science of behavior contributes to a useful technology of behavior change to the extent that it discovers functional relations with ________ across individuals.

• Control
• Generality
• Prediction
• Variability

A well-planned scientific investigation begins with ________.

• Target behavior selection
• Intervention
• Systematic observation
• Experimental question

____________________ refers to the arrangement of conditions in a study so that meaningful comparisons of the effects of the independent variable can be made.

• Single-subject design
• Intervention
• Experimental design
• Group comparison design

A ___________ study seeks to discover the differential effects of a range of values on the independent variable on the dependent variable of interest.

• Group analysis
• Component analysis
• Parametric
• Single-case