BCABA Measurement and Data Collection

Question 1

Which data collection method involves recording whether a behavior occurred during each of several consecutive time intervals?

Accepted Answer

Interval recording

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Continuous recording

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Event recording

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Latency recording

Question 2

A BCABA records the time between the presentation of an instruction and the beginning of the client's response. This is called:

Accepted Answer

Latency recording

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Duration recording

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Inter-response time

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Frequency recording

Question 3

Which measurement dimension captures the total amount of time a behavior occurs during an observation session?

Accepted Answer

Duration

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Frequency

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Latency

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Magnitude

Question 4

Permanent product recording is best used when:

Accepted Answer

The behavior leaves a tangible, countable result

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Behavior occurs too quickly to observe directly

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Behavior occurs at a high rate

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Continuous observation is required

Question 5

Momentary time sampling (MTS) records whether a behavior is occurring:

Accepted Answer

At the end of each interval

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Throughout each interval

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At the start of each interval

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Whenever it begins

Question 6

Inter-observer agreement (IOA) is calculated to assess:

Accepted Answer

Measurement reliability

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Treatment fidelity

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Social validity

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Generalization