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• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• List of Figures and Tables
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Part I A Brief Introduction to Behavior Analysis Research
• The Operant Research Model
• Important Methodological Milestones
• Science and Clinical Success
• A Journal Is Born
• A Paradigm Shift
• The Dimensions of Applied Behavior Analysis
• Summary
• How to Use This Book
• Part II Research Methods in Applied Behavior Analysis: 10 Steps for Successful Research
• Step 1: Determine Your “Research-Ready” Situation; Select Your General Topic; Find a Great Setting and Participants
• Situation 1: “Free Agent”
• Situation 2: “Designated Hitter”
• Situation 3: “Under Contract”
• Summary
• Step 2: Narrow Down Your Research Question
• Situation 1: “Free Agent”
• Situation 2: “Designated Hitter”
• Situation 3: “Under Contract”
• Summary
• Step 3: Decide on and Define Your Dependent and Independent Variables
• Situation 1: “Free Agent”
• Situation 2: “Designated Hitter”
• Situation 3: “Under Contract”
• Summary
• Step 4: Establish Social Validity
• Three Features of Social Validation
• A Brief History of Social Validation
• Four Operational Steps of Social Validation
• Examples of Research Using Social Validation
• Habilitative Validity
• Summary
• Step 5: Create Your Data Collection Systems
• Dimensions of Behavior
• Complex Behaviors
• Types of Measurement
• Setting Up Your Data Collection System
• Summary
• Step 6: Pilot Test Your Key Variables
• Pilot Testing Your Dependent Variable(s) and Measurement System
• Pilot Testing Your Independent Variable(s)
• Summary
• Step 7: Identify the Appropriate Research Design
• Notes to Beginning Researchers
• The Purpose of Research Design
• Characteristics and Logic of Single-Case Design Research
• Exploratory Methods/Weak “Designs”
• Behavior Analysis Research Designs
• Multiple-Baseline Designs
• Limiting Conditions of the Multiple-Baseline Design
• Multielement Baseline Designs (aka Alternating Treatments Design)
• Summary
• Step 8: Conduct an Ethics Check
• Ethics: The 8th Dimension of Behavior Analysis
• Free Agents, Designated Hitters and Under Contract Researchers
• The BACB’s Professional and Ethical Compliance Code
• Summary
• Step 9: Carry Out Your Research Project
• Free Agents, Designated Hitters and Under Contract Researchers
• Preparing Your Contact Person
• Preparing Your Observers
• Final Preparations
• Getting Ready for Day 1
• Preparing for the First Intervention
• Managing the Rest of Your Study
• Wrapping Up Your Study
• Summary
• Step 10: Graph and Analyze Your Data
• The Virtues of Visual Analysis
• What to Look for When Analyzing Your Data
• Guidelines for the Design of Graphs in Applied Behavior Analysis
• What Next?
• Part III Evaluating Behavioral Research
• Instructions to Students
• Questions to Ask About Single-Case Design Studies
• Fatal Flaws to Watch Out For
• Part IV Using Applied Research Findings in Clinical and Educational Settings
• Background
• Instructions to Students
• The Questions
• The Adaptations
• Part V Going Public
• Giving a Data or Other Presentation
• Ignite Presentations
• Presenting a Poster
• Publishing Your Research
• Summary
• References
• Index
• About the Authors