PSYB01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Sheltered Workshop, Practice Theory, 13 Minutes
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Single-subject designs (sometimes referred to as single-case designs) offer an alternative to group designs. The focus is on an n = 1, a single subject, although many researchers instead refer to this type of design as a small-n design and apply it to between one and nine subjects. Useful for research on interventions in behavior analysis and clinical practice, in which the focus is on a single individual. Small-n and single-subject designs typically have four components: repeated measurement of the dependent variable, baseline phase, treatment phase(s), with all subjects exposed to each phase, graphic display, perhaps supplemented by statistical analysis. Must be able to measure the subject"s status on the target problem at regular time intervals, whether the intervals are hours, days, weeks, months, or the like. Repeated measures of the dependent variable can begin when the client is receiving an intervention for other problems.
