PSY 2103 Chapter Notes -Histogram

• School: Temple University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 2103
• Professor: marahumphreys

Document Summary

Single subject research: characteristic research design in behavior analysis, both experimental & applied, does not always equal an n=1, even when it does, the amount of data collection is immense, demonstrate relationship between dv & iv through graphic display & visual, could be frequency, duration, percentage, etc. Phase change line analysis: not statistical inference or explanation, experimental control, the goal of behavior analytic research, when a graphic display demonstrates experimental control we can reliability say the change in the behavior (the dv) is the result of the environmental manipulation (the iv, the change must be predictable, reliable, and repeatable, data, the quantitative result of deliberate, planned, and usually controlled observation, data are collected on any behavior of interest, data are broken into a planned segment of time and displayed graphically, graph, the visual depiction of the data, major tool for organizing, storing, interpreting, and communicating results, benefits of graphic display, provides immediate information.