Performance Task #3

Performance Task #3

This is the third of three performance tasks assigned during this course. Performance tasks are essentially the application of course content that you have learned to date in order to solve a simulated problem of some kind. The intention is to replicate some of the types of “real-life” situations that you are likely to face in the field.

For this Assignment, you will visually analyze data from a data set and an accompanying chart of the data and report your interpretation of the data as well as the results and conclusions you can draw from the data.

To Prepare

• Review Performance Tasks #1 and #2 from Week 4 and Week 7.
• Review the data found in the “Case Study Performance Tasks” document in the Learning Resources in order to complete Performance Task #3.
• Review the required readings and required media in the Learning Resources.

Assignment (1–2 pages):

• Use the data from the “Case Study Performance Tasks” document and chart the data in your Excel document.
• Create a Word document and include a section called “Results.”
• Copy and paste your charted data into the “Results” section of your Word document.
• Perform a visual analysis of the data and interpret it as if you were making a clinical decision.
• Write up your interpretation of the data in your “Results” section.

Be sure to support your Assignment with specific references to behavior-analytic theory and research. In addition to the Learning Resources, search the Walden Library and/or the internet for peer-reviewed articles to support your Assignment. Use proper APA format and citations, including those in the Learning Resources.

Resources

• Kazdin, A. E. (2021). Single-case research designs: Methods for clinical and applied settings (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press.
  • Chapter 4, “Methods of Assessment” (pp. 95–127)
    (previously read in Week 3)
  • Appendix, “Guidelines for Conducting, Reporting, and Evaluating Single-Case Research” (pp. 495–518)
• Solomon, B. G. (2014). Violations of assumptions in school-based single-case data: Implications for the selection and interpretation of effect sizes. Links to an external site.Behavior Modification, 38 , 477-496. doi: 10.1177/0145445513510931
• Document: Case Study Performance Tasks Download Case Study Performance Tasks(Word document)
• Document: Sample Multiple Baseline Data Download Sample Multiple Baseline Data(PDF document)
• Document: Example of Visual Analysis Download Example of Visual Analysis(PDF document)