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Is there evidence of a cause-effect or functional relationship?
In larger scale research, random assignment to control and experimental groups is used to help with causal arguments. In single case designs, replication is used, such as in an A-B-A-B design
I.V. is the extent to which we can state that independent variable manipulations caused an observed effect on dependent variables |
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| Degree to which an intervention or study is generalizable to other settings/situations or people |
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| This states that when choosing things like an intervention we should choose to use the simpler of competing interventions that would produce desired effects |
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| These are events that momentarily change the value of reinforcers and punishers for a particular person |
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| A model of decision making using prevention and increasing intensity of interventions usually in 3 tiers (universal, targeted, intensive) |
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| The variable we manipulate in a study. For school psych uses, usually it refers to the intervention being used |
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| The variable which is measured, and ideally affected by the independent variable, in a study or intervention. For example, words read per minute for a reading intervention. |
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| This idea refers to social importance of intervention outcomes for students as well as acceptability of student goals and outcomes. |
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| This refers to the natural prevalance of a variable or a disorder |
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