PSYC 2250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Applied Behavior Analysis, Confounding, Psycinfo
16 Dec 2017
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Whether an experimental manipulation has an effect on a single research participant. Often used in clinical, counselling, educational and other applied settings. Often published in 2 highly respected journals: the journal of experimental analysis of behavior and the journal of applied behavior analysis. Unique individuals: some persons are too unique to find a population (cid:0) studying 1 per in detail may provide valuable information than group design: this data can promote further research that may be generalized to the larger population. Unique treatments: can try new dug or treatment on willing persons when all traditional treatments have failed (cid:0) better understanding of affliction in question. Looking for large effects: group design have statistically significant results but little real effect while single-participant research do. Freedom of design: researcher must ensure that all subjects of group receive similar experience but in fact it"s hard to fit all (cid:0) manipulation, misunderstanding instruction or influence of confounding variable no good response for particular.
