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SPCE 630 Midterm Exam Questions with complete Solutions
SPCE 630 Midterm Exam Questions with complete Solutions
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SPCE 630 Midterm Exam Questionswith complete Solutions
Threats to internal validity include: - -History, maturation, testing,
procedural infidelity, testing, instrumentation, selection bias, multiple
treatment interference, data instability, cycliccal variability, regression to the
mean, adaptation, Hawthorne effect
-History: - -Events that occur during the experiment but that are not related
to the planned procedural changes that may influence the outcomes
-Maturation - -Changes in behavior due to the passage of time.
-Testing - -Occurs when participants need to respond to the same test
repeatedly during a baseline or probe condition, which influences
responding.
-Instrumentation - -Threats related to the measurement system, and are of
concern because of repeated measurement by human observers who may
make errors.
-Procedural Infidelity - -Inconsistent implementation of the experimental
condition.
-Attrition - -The loss of participants during a study, which limits the
generality of findings.
-Multiple Treatment Interference - -Occurs when a participant's behavior is
influenced by more than one planned intervention during the course of a
study
-Cyclical Variability - -A type of data instability that refers to a repeated and
predictable pattern in the data series over time.
-Sequential confounding: - --May influence the participants' responding
based on the order in which the experimental conditions are introduced to
participants.
-Can be controlled by counterbalancing.
-The hypothesis that states that there is no significant difference between
samples is: - -The null hypothesis
-Amanda is an RBT at an ABA clinic. She is working with her client, Jerrell, to
decrease aggressive behaviors (i.e., biting others). She has collected data for
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