SPCE 630 Exam 1; Questions and Answers|2025 Update
Which type of recording samples behavior occurrences and provides an estimate of the actual
occurrences of the behavior? - ✔✔discontinuous recording
When using MTS, occurrences of the target behavior are recorded if the behavior occurs -
✔✔at the end of the interval
If observers do not agree on behavior occurrences when collecting data (low IOA), which
common problems could be present? - ✔✔observer bias, error, observer drift
Whole interval recording tends to - ✔✔underestimate behavior occurrences
Which type of validity refers to whether or not the measurement procedures accurately
reflect
the target behavior being measured? - ✔✔construct validity
Reliability and validity refer to the same concept - ✔✔false
Which of the following is the best example of a non-reversible dependent variable? -
✔✔reading sight words
Researchers can write non-examples of target behaviors in order to help increase -
✔✔treatment integrity
, Which type of IOA is calculated when researchers only look at intervals either or both
observers
did NOT observe the target behavior? - ✔✔unscored-interval IOA
Which is a measurement of whether the intervention was conducted as intended? -
✔✔treatment integrity
Measurement of procedural fidelity does all of the following except - ✔✔Helps cilnicians
avoid
emphasizing "train and hope"
The extent to which experimenters trained implementers as planned is known as -
✔✔implementation fidelity
the degree to which procedures of all experimental conditions are implemented as intended
is
known as - ✔✔procedural fidelity
Summative analysis of treatment procedural fidelity increases which type of validity? -
✔✔Internal
Common ways to measure treatment integrity include - ✔✔checklists, self-reports, direct
systematic observation
A 5-year-old boy diagnosed with ASD started receiving ABA services. Which of the following is
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