Applications of Measurement: Putting it All Together

Applications of Measurement: Putting it All Together

EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE AND MEASUREMENT PROCEDURES

For this assignment, you will provide a response to each of the questions below. For each question, you are encouraged to use the peer-reviewed resources provided throughout the units to support your responses. Please do not copy and paste the whole question into the document. Rather, provide a brief heading that correlates with each section below.

Scientist-Practitioner Model

• Discuss with a strong rationale why it is important to your clients and to the field of ABA as a whole that you embrace the scientist-practitioner model as a behavior analyst.
  • Your discussion should include how evidence-based practices, reliable and valid measurement, social validity, and procedural integrity each play an important role in supporting the science and the practice of your work as an effective and ethical behavior professional.

Measurement Procedures

• Select one of the case studies provided. Provide the following information based on the case study you chose:
  • Operational definition of the behaviors.
  • Determine what kind of data recording method(s) are most appropriate to measure the critical dimension of each behavior, with a rationale explaining your decisions, including how environmental constraints influenced your measurement procedures.

Data Reliability and Validity

• Create a hypothetical set of data using at least eight data points for each behavior identified in the case, and provide your data collection using the following forms as appropriate for your measurement procedures:
  • Duration Recording Sheet
  • Frequency Recording Sheet
  • Interval Data Recording Sheet
  • Latency Recording Sheet
  • Cumulative Record Data Sheet
• Graph the behaviors using a simple line graph, making sure to use proper ABA graphing conventions and providing a figure caption formatted in proper APA style.
• Discuss how you would account for reliability and validity in your measurement to ensure procedural integrity.

Please review and follow the assignment requirements in the next tab, titled Assignment Details. Your assignment should be 8–10 pages, not including the title and reference pages, and should include the following elements:

• Title page: Provide the assignment title, your name, course and section number, instructor name, and date.
• Body: Include an introductory and a concluding paragraph. Answer all the questions in complete sentences and paragraphs, using appropriate personal and professional insights.
  • The assignment must be written in Standard English and demonstrate superior organization, including a highly developed viewpoint and purpose that is clearly established and sustained. The communication of your thoughts must be highly ordered, logical, and unified, displaying exceptional content, organization, style, and mechanics (including the use of correct grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure).
  • Your responses should meet professional writing standards, using proper tone and language. The writing and writing style should be correct and accurate and reflect knowledge of applied behavior analysis.
• Reference page: Sources listed in APA format.
  • Include a minimum of three scholarly peer-reviewed sources to support your responses and conclusions.
• Use Arial or Times New Roman 12-point font, double-spaced and left aligned.
• Use standard 1" margins on all sides.
• Use current APA formatting and citation style.
  • If you need assistance with APA style, please visit the Academic Writer.

SUBMITTING YOUR ASSIGNMENT

Save your file in a location and with a name that you will remember. When you are ready to submit, select the Unit 4 Assignment Dropbox and upload your file. To view your graded work after your instructor has evaluated it, please visit your Gradebook.

READING AND RESOURCES

Applications of Measurement: Putting it All Together

The topics for this week’s readings will get you more familiar with the role that single-case experimental designs play within the science and practice of the field. You will also start to develop a working knowledge of how to construct and interpret different kinds of graphs that you will frequently see in the research literature and in practice. Be sure to review the supporting materials that will guide you through the process of creating your own basic line graph using Excel®. You will continue to build upon these skills as you move through each unit.

Please read the following chapter from the Applied Behavior Analysis text:

• Chapter 6: “Constructing and Interpreting Graphic Displays of Behavioral Data” (pp. 124–146)

Please read the following chapter from the Single Subject Research: Applications in Educational Settings text:

• Chapter 1: “Historical Perspectives and Important Concepts in Single Subject Research”

LIBRARY READING:

A Critical Review of Line Graphs in Behavior Analytic Journals. Kubina et al. (2017)

VIDEO RESOURCE:

Creating a Basic ABA Line Graph

SUPPLEMENTAL CBA MODULE ASSIGNMENTS:

C.9 Parts 1 and 2 (These are not required for submission.)