Data Collection, Behavior, and Decisions

What describes how probe data is collected?

Collect data on the first 3 trials and if responding is independent, discontinue data collection

Which graph indicates the total number of behaviors in an additive fashion?

Cumulative graphs

Why are trends sometimes necessary to include on line graphs?

Data paths are not always clear

What is an example that is operationally defined?

Hitting so hard a picture fell off the wall

The x axis on a graph is

Horizontal and is also called the abscissa

What is a drawback of probe data?

It is less accurate

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 graphs are most preferred in the field of ABA?

Line graphs

Visual inspection is -

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

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

Operationally defining the behavior

What data recording procedure is best used for behaviors that have a clear ending and beginning, do not occur throughout and interval, but still occur at high rates?

Partial interval

Data collected during naturalistic teaching should always include information about -

Target behaviors, prompt levels needed, and activites

Phase change lines indicate

The division between one condition and another

If a learner is requiring more and more prompting to perform a skill, the first concern is -

The learner is becoming prompt dependent

A disadvantage of bar graphs is -

The variability of data can be lost