RBT Data Collection, Behavior, and Decisions

Which of the following is operationally defined?

Hitting so hard a picture fell off the wall

Visual inspection is

Making a judgement about the effects of an intervention by examining graphed data

Why would the prompt level necessary to perform the skill be an important part of data collection?

Skills performed with prompts are not mastered until they are performed without prompts

Phase change lines indicate

The division between one condition and another

Data are plotted on line graphs according to

The number of instances of the behavior across time

A disadvantage of bar graphs is

The variability of data can be lost

Susan records data after every discrete trial she delivers. What type of data recording is this?

Trial by trial

Cumulative graphs are used

When progress toward a predetermined number of behaviors should be demonstrated

Which of the following is a discontinuous data recording procedure?

Whole interval recording

Which of the following is a drawback of probe data?

It is less accurate

Which of the following is true about data collection?

It is the foundation for creating behavioral interventions

Which data recording method would be best used to measure the time between when a teacher said to start on an assignment and the time the student started on the assignment?

Latency

Which of the following types of graphs are most preferred in the field of ABA?

Line graphs

The process of defining target behaviors using a precise definition is called

Operationally defining the behavior

Which of the following data recording procedures is best used for behaviors that have a clear ending and beginning, do not occur throughout an interval, but still occur at high rates?

Partial interval