ABA Measurement and Data Collection

Question 1

Which data collection method involves recording whether a behavior occurred at least once during an observation interval?

Accepted Answer

Partial interval recording

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Whole interval recording

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Momentary time sampling

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Frequency recording

Question 2

A BCBA wants to measure the time between the end of one response and the beginning of the next. What is this called?

Accepted Answer

Inter-response time (IRT)

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Latency

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Duration

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Rate

Question 3

Which measurement dimension refers to the number of responses per unit of time?

Accepted Answer

Rate

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Frequency

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Duration

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Magnitude

Question 4

Momentary time sampling is BEST suited for measuring behaviors that are:

Accepted Answer

Ongoing or state behaviors

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Brief and discrete

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Dangerous and high-rate

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Novel and low-frequency

Question 5

A therapist records the time from the presentation of a discriminative stimulus to the beginning of the learner's response. This is called:

Accepted Answer

Latency

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Duration

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Inter-response time

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Magnitude

Question 6

Which graph type is most commonly used to display continuous behavioral data over time in ABA?

Accepted Answer

Simple line graph

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Bar graph

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Pie chart

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Scatter plot