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SPCE 611 mODULE 1-2Measurement - correct answer ✔is the process of applying quantitative
labels to observe properties of events using a standard set of rules
measurement is how - correct answer ✔scientist operationalize empiricism
without measurement-all 3 levels (description, prediction, and control) -
correct answer ✔would be relegated to guesswork and subjective opinions
ABA measure behavior to obtain - correct answer ✔answers to questions
about the existence and nature of functional relations between socially
significant behavior and environmental variables
Practitioners measure behavior - correct answer ✔before and after treatment
to evaluate the overall effects of interventions and frequent measures of
behavior during treatment to guide decisions concerning the continuation,
modification, or termination of treatment
without frequent measure of behavior targeted for intervention, practitioners
may - correct answer ✔1) continue to use an ineffective treatment when no
real behavior change occurred or 2) discontinue an effective treatment
because subjective judgement detects no improvement
Measurement helps practitioners to - correct answer ✔optimize their
effectiveness
-verify legitimacy of practices touted as EB
-identify treatments based on pseudoscience
-be accountable to clients, consumers, employers, and society and achieve
ethical standards
, 3 deminsional quantities of behavior - correct answer ✔1 repeatability
(count)
2 temporal extent (duration)
3 temporal locus (when behaviors occur)
count - correct answer ✔is the number of responses emitted during and
observation period
rate or frequency - correct answer ✔is ratio of count per observation period;
it is often expressed as count per standard unit of time
celeration - correct answer ✔is a measure of the change (acceleration or
deceleration) in rate of responding per unit of time
duration - correct answer ✔is the amount of time which behavior occurs
response latency - correct answer ✔is a measure of the elapsed time
between the onset of a stimulus and the initiation of a subsequent response
Inter response time (IRT) - correct answer ✔is the amount of time that
elapses between 2 consecutive instances of a response class
percentage - correct answer ✔a ratio formed by combining the same
dimensional quantities, expresses the proportional quantity of an event in
terms of the number of times the event occurred per 100 opportunities that the
event could have occurred.
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